Author Archives: Jane Sadek

TRAVEL HERE: BYE-BYE FRESHLY AND SUN BASKET Well, I’m on the decision end of my journey.  I’ve tried these meal kit companies, in this order: Blue Apron, Hello Fresh, Sun Basket, Home Chef and Freshly.  Two are now out of the running for my on-going business.  Let me tell you why. Bland, Blah, Boring! IContinue reading “Freshly Disappointed”

TRAVEL HERE: THE FINAL MEAL KIT CONTENDER Here we are at Meal Kit Service #5 and for this particularly homemaker, the final contender.  Freshly’s box arrived pretty early on a Friday morning and I felt a deep sense of relief.  I’ll tell you why. Juggling the Vendors I didn’t exhaust the list of possible vendors,Continue reading “Freshly Arrived”

TRAVEL HERE: THE YORKSHIRE PUDDING MIRACLE I lost my mom four years ago, but she is so much a part of my life, every day, that you might think she actually lives in my house.  She was my friend, my confidante and the biggest challenge of my life.  In her later years, when preparing holidayContinue reading “Dining with Home Chef”

TRAVEL HERE: PRESERVATION DALLAS HONORS A DALLAS LEGEND Preservation Dallas’ Fall Architectural Tour honored Frank Welch, an architect who passed away earlier in the year.  The day started at The Lamplighter School in North Dallas with a tour and a symposium – a tour because Welch had contributed to the design of the school andContinue reading “Of Architectural Significance”

TRAVEL HERE: PRESERVATION DALLAS HOSTS FALL ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OK, so I don’t actually know Laura Bush and I wasn’t in her entourage as she enjoyed the Preservation Dallas (PD) Fall Architectural Tour, but I did spend my day touring the same houses she did.  For much of that day we were actually in the sameContinue reading “Touring Homes with Laura Bush”

TRAVEL HERE: A PEP RALLY FOR PATRIOTS Sorry!  I have to interrupt this little discussion about meal kit services to talk about a couple of things I like better than food – God and America.  My Liberal friends aren’t required to read this.  It’s meant to be a group hug for my Conservative friends.  SeanContinue reading “Sean Hannity Visits First Baptist Dallas”

TRAVEL HERE: HOME CHEF STARTS OUT ON THE RIGHT FOOT Well, here we are, trying out meal kit company number four.  A blogging friend told me to give it up and go to the grocery store, but obviously he’s got a better grocer than I’ve got out here in the boonies.  Hubby thought it wasContinue reading “Home Chef Arrives at My House”

TRAVEL HERE: AND JUGGLING IT WITH HELLO FRESH So for a week, the Sadek family was wading in meal kits.  It was all my fault, so I was the one who had to figure out how to squeeze all the meals into our schedule.  Sun Basket arrived bright and early, just like Blue Apron, whichContinue reading “Basking in Sun Basket”

TRAVEL HERE: A FRIENDLY DRAGON JOINS THE GREAT CONTRIBUTORS Gary Lee Price sculptures have been gracing the Dallas Arboretum for a long time.  His “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” statue in “Nancy’s Garden” was a favorite of my mother’s, so I’m sure she would have loved this summer’s exhibition of his “Great Contributors.”  I bet,”DelbertContinue reading “Fruit Basket Turnover and a Dragon at DABS”

TRAVEL HERE: AND SO DOES HELLO FRESH Trying out all the available meal kit plans does not come without some challenges.  While they are basically all doing the same thing, trying to juggle several of them at once can trip you up.  That’s how I ended up with two boxes of food in one week.Continue reading “Sun Basket Arrives”