Happy 2nd Birthday to As Noted By Me & Happy National Margarita Day

Josie Hough
Feb 22
3 min read

Updated: Mar 11

The irony of these two sharing the same day is not lost on me. 💕

Today I am celebrating two things that bring me joy

My favorite cocktail :: The Margarita
As Noted By Me :: The second birthday of my blog and social media outlet for my busyness, random thoughts, experiments in the kitchen, restaurants and travel.

What is ahead for next year on As Noted By Me?

After two years on this adventure, I'm planning to make a few changes to the blog layout and content. That is a work in progress. Mostly, I would like to have my recipes searchable and in one location, rather than only embedded in each blog post. Stay tuned... 😊

I'm finishing up my cookbook review for Magnolia Table cookbooks & Half-Baked Harvest cookbooks. I'm picking a few of my favorites from each chapter to highlight for you on the blog.

We traveled to Maui for our 25th anniversary and I'm starting to blog a few of our favorite things when we were there. We were blessed to have friends give us their "must do" and "eat here" list. I'll pass that along to you soon. I promise it will be before our 26th anniversary!

Omaha, Des Moines & Minneapolis food, coffee and hotel reviews are "cooking" as well as some local favorites from around home. It was a hard summer for our area with the devastating flooding - we are excited to have a more stable summer for so many local businesses.

The cookbook is still in the works, too. I am slowly compiling some favorites and testing them (numerous times) before I make sure they make the cut. It is a process...a slow one.

Overall, this has been an ideal outlet for my "empty nest" energy. I am overwhelmed when I see the views on my social media and how many countries are visiting the blog site. I had a vision for the two-year point and it was way below my 10,000 views per month.

Thank you to those who have come along on this little adventure and please remember to like my instagram/facebook pages and subscribe to the blog. You'll get an email each time I post something new and that could be twice a week or twice a month...depending on life 😊

That is why I'm loving this adventure. Cheers!

Fun facts about the Marg...

The name: The word "margarita" translates to "daisy" in Spanish.
The origins: The origins of the margarita are unclear, but it's thought to have originated in the 1930s or 1940s near the US-Mexico border.
The ingredients: The original margarita recipe calls for tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and salt.
The salt: The salt in a margarita enhances the drink's sweet and sour flavors.
The frozen margarita machine: Mariano Martinez invented the first frozen margarita machine in the 1970s.
National Margarita Day: Commercial real estate agent Todd McCalla founded National Margarita Day around 2008 to promote a more sophisticated appreciation of margaritas.
The dirty margarita: The dirty margarita is inspired by the dirty martini, and is made with strong liquor and a splash of jalapeño brine.
The customization: The margarita is a highly customizable cocktail, and there are many creative spins on the original recipe.
The theory about the name: One theory is that the margarita was named after Margarita Sames, a socialite who reportedly created the cocktail in 1948.