The Story Of Us

Andie Specialty Sweets   Nicoles Treats   Sugar Lane Bake Shop   Manjar Red Bird Baking   Cake Walk Desserts   Butter Blossoms     Wishing Well Art Leccare Lolllipops   Zukr Boutique   Vintage Confections   Rice Krispie Creations And don't forget to check out  my shop  full of great art and my new  sale section . And get Free Shipping with code BLOG12 Get my post directly in you inbox with  Bloglovin I am now also offering ad space.  See  Sponsors  for more information .  Let's Stay Connected, Shall We?

We have had a road trip overload.. so I thought I'd give you all a little break with something sweet.. Halva  refers to many types of dense, sweet  confections , served across the Middle East, Sub - Continent and Africa, just to name a few. I know I don't talk about it much but while I was born and initially raised in Chicago I spent my pre-teens to early adulthood in my parents birth country Pakistan. No, not India and yes there is a difference. :) I met my wonderful husband there though he was in New York during our entire pre-wedded bliss epic long distance engagement era. (can you sense the drama? well drama there was)  I feel it is because I was lucky (though it didn't always feel that way) enough to spend a huge part of my life living in two vastly different countries that I was able to soak up the right amounts of each and bring it not only into our life and in the raising of D but also into my photography .  Wow.. now that was quite a sidetrac...