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Waking up the stroopwafel

Jan 31, 2026swankivy2026, Selfiescoffee, cookies, food, ivy

I found out you can put your stroopwafel on your hot coffee or tea cup and let it warm up a little before you eat it. They call it “waking up” the stroopwafel. I love it.

“Waking up” the stroopwafel

“Waking up” the stroopwafel

“Waking up” the stroopwafel

Dad gets his colors

Jan 24, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsdad, food, salad

Ruby Tuesday has a pretty great salad bar. Dad’s getting his colors just like Grandpa used to.

Dad gets his colors

Cake for Breakfast

Jan 22, 2026swankivy2026, Selfiesbirthday, cake, food, ivy

Having cake for breakfast as a post-birthday treat is nice.

Cake for breakfast

48th Birthday with Jeaux

Jan 21, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsbirthday, cake, food, ivy

Jeaux treated me to a belated 48th birthday celebration by taking me to Vallarta’s (where I had my first ever horchata!) and baking me a birthday cake–grasshopper cake, which was minty frosting on chocolate cake!

Horchata!

Grasshopper cake made by Jeaux

My 48th birthday cake!

Birthday dinner!

Jan 19, 2026swankivy2026, Vacationsbirthday, dare, food, fred, ivy

Our group went out to dinner at Kobé (Meg’s choice!) and three of us got to celebrate our birthdays! We even got cupcakes.

Dare’s Mai Tai

Fred’s smoky drink

Kobé food

Birthday cupcakes at Kobé

Meggie’s 50th birthday cake!

Jan 18, 2026swankivy2026, Vacationsadam, birthday, cake, dare, food, friends, ivy, jeaux, katelyn, kathy, meghan, ryan

We had a really special cake from Alessi to celebrate Meghan’s 50th birthday and played some games to go with it!

Meg’s 50th birthday cake

Meg’s 50th birthday cake

Meg with her cake

Me with Meg’s cake

Cake cutting

Cake cutting

Cake cutting

Cake cutting

Cake cutting

Cake cutting

Joking Hazard Game

Mug Cakes!!

Jan 17, 2026swankivy2026, Cooking & Baking, Vacationsadam, ben, birthday, cake, dare, food, fred, friends, ivy, jeaux, katelyn, kathy, meghan, ryan

Mug cakes for my birthday! Choice of banana, peanut butter, chocolate, or coffee!

Making mug cakes!

Making mug cakes!

Making mug cakes!

Making mug cakes!

Making mug cakes!

Making mug cakes!

Making mug cakes!

Dare’s mug cake

Dare’s mug cake

Jeaux’s mug cake

Dare’s mug cake

Adam’s mug cake

Ryan’s experimental mug cake

Mug cakes with Meg

Mug cakes with Adam & Meg

Mug cakes with Kathy & Fred

Mug cakes with Dare & Jeaux

Mug cakes with Ryan & Katelyn

Mug cakes with Benjamin

Grilled Cheese Birthday Dinner

Jan 17, 2026swankivy2026, Cooking & Baking, Vacationsadam, birthday, dare, food, friends, ivy, katelyn, meghan, ryan

We had different types of grilled cheese sandwiches, soup, and salad for my birthday dinner.

Grilled cheese crew

Grilled cheese cheesin’

A little treat

Jan 9, 2026swankivy2026, Selfiescoffee, food, ivy

I have leftover whipped cream so why not add it to coffee?

Whipped cream on coffee

Cookies!

Dec 30, 2025swankivy2025cookies, food

I think I overdid it on the cookies. Here’s one of each kind.

One of each cookie