Working freelance has created so many opportunities for me. One of my favorite jobs is planning events for The Glenlivet Guardians in Houston. The last week, I had the pleasure of working with Roseann Rogers of John Daugherty Realtors and Celebrity Chef Monica Pope of Sparrow Bar + Cookshop. We had a fantastic event in a John Daugherty mansion that just hit the MLS that day. It was the perfect setting for cooking demos by Monica Pope herself and everyone left full of ideas to spice up their summer BBQs and full of the pig that Monica smoked in the backyard!