Two years ago, after years of saving and months of planning, I traveled to France with my husband. It was a dream come true vacation…with one major regret. As we walked the charming streets of Paris, we saw several gelato stands. I told my husband that before we left France I wanted to try one of those gelatos. I had never had one before, and I heard that European gelato was authentic and divine.

Well, guess what happened? We kept putting it off till later, until pretty soon we found ourselves on a plane back to the States, palate unsatisfied. One of the first things a friend asked me when I returned home was, “Did you try a gelato?” Unfortunately, I did not, but I have since become obsessed…

Want to know what to look for in a Gelato Maker? Find out which Gelato Maker is the best for you, but first what is Gelato? and why Gelato should not be made in an ice cream maker. Gelato is an Italian treat similar to ice cream, but different in very key points. What makes Gelato Different than Ice Cream? [...]

It seems kind of funny to get excited about Gelato desserts, but once you compare a good Gelato with regular ice cream, you’ll be hooked like we are. Gelato recipes can mean the difference between a delectable (good tasting) dessert and a disaster. What is Gelato? We recently found out how good Gelato was and decided to posts a few [...]

We recently tasted Gelato for the first time, and were hooked! It was soooo good. The next question on our minds was how can I make Gelato that tastes this good? First off, what is Gelato, and what is the difference between Gelato and Ice Cream? Gelato is like ice cream…but way better! It hails from Italy and is similar [...]

WordPress is awesome, but I initially created a couple blogs with the url structure of mysite.com/2010/07/13/post-name/ The url structure worked fine until I starting thinking, “hey, those are pretty long urls.” Doing some research, I found that having the year, month, and day in the permalink structure i.e., /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ created other problems such as if you wanted to repost an [...]

Amazon.com just announced a new wireless store, and I have to admit, I’m impressed. With the new wireless store, you can upgrade your existing cell phone with a new or with your old carrier. Google tried an online version of a wireless store, and the major setback they faced was that it was difficult to obtain their phone on a [...]

Looking for ways to keep the repair bills down, we decided to have a go at fixing an HP Pavillion dv9000 ourselves.  The left hinge on the 17″ model works itself loose over time and eventually will crack, and the hinge had become quite loose. We found a couple tutorials of how to take the components apart, but the fixes [...]

Google Docs has received a major upgrade, and the new features are amazing. Google Docs is Google’s version of Microsoft Office. Different from Microsoft Office, Google Docs resides on the web, is free, and offers great collaboration tools. Benefits of Google Docs: It costs you nothing It’s fast If your computer crashes you don’t need to worry because your documents [...]

Around Christmas last year, the flash on our Nikon D60 stopped working. The flash was tapped while it was up and stopped working after that. The flash made a clicking sound every time we tried to use it, but the flash wouldn’t fire. After calling the the local camera shop, they said it would probably cost $170 (we heard some [...]

Good news for all you AAA members out there.  You can get a 12-14% discount on your monthly T-mobile bill!  I think the discount has been around for a while, but we just found out about it.  Some people have reported 12% while others 13% or 14%. We just went down to the T-mobile store yesterday, and I believe our [...]