5 British comedies and soaps you should watch when you need a break from zombies, meth, and fantasy
I don’t own a TV, but I’m the queen bee of streaming the shows I love to watch online, either via Netflix, Hulu, or some kind of third party. I’m not a fan of some of the bigger shows that are either on TV right now or recently ended (Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones), so when Parenthood skips a week (heeeey network TV) or I’m all Grey’s Anatomy-ed out, I head over to Netflix and start watching funny British comedies instead.
Brew Bash: 30th birthday beer tasting party
To commemorate my husband turning the big 3-0 this year I knew we had to do something EPIC. After much thought, consideration and Pinteresting (is that a word yet?) I settled on a beer tasting. Here’s how we threw a 30th Beer Bash…
Megan-simple hot spiced cider (with optional whiskey)
For those of us in the middle of the fall season where EVERYTHING MUST BE APPLE AND PUMPKIN, here’s my Megan-simple Hot Spiced Cider recipe!
Tea-sy science-y cocktails for summer parties
I just discovered the Tea Forte Mixology Set which basically makes summer cocktails ridiculously easy!
This is the three-step process of looking like a genius mixologist at your next party:
Save your wine with bananas, cocks, butts, and balloons!
Fuck, guys. I love wine. I’m the self confessed wino of the Empire. You know what I also love? Sharks, Star Wars, inappropriate jokes, and kitchen stuff shaped like animals. I have combined my love of all those things to bring you this round-up of awesome wine bottle stoppers. (Psst: these make REALLY good gifts, so get your bookmarking fingers ready.)
Wall-mounted bottle openers bite back
While looking for stainless steel wall-mounted bottle opener to gift my father, I stumbled upon some truly awesome wall-mounted bottle opener options that range from wonderous to WTF.
Homemade hard cider: juice + time = booze
Turning sweet cider into hard cider, a refreshing adult beverage, is crazy-easy, requiring only a few tools and a bit of patience: you take raw juice, protect it from the environment, and wait. After a brief chemistry/food science lesson, and you’re sold on the idea of making your own booze, I can show you how!
How Megan attempted to win a pumpkin carving contest with the pumpkin keg
Did y’all catch that DIY pumpkin keg video that went viral? The moment I saw it I thought, “now THERE’S a Megan-simple pumpkin carving project!” Much like my cooking skills, my crafting skills are, well, let’s just say sub-par. I was invited to my friends 5th annual Halloween pumpkin carving contest and I accepted with the express intent of trying my hand at the pumpkin keg. The video makes it seem so simple, spoiler alert: it wasn’t!