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Fanciful 22 Aug 2013 | 05:11 pm
The English language is so strange sometimes. When I think "fancy," I usually think about trappings: a ballgown or an elegantly dressed table filled with crystal and china. Of course, those trappings...
Party Flashback: Kyle & Mary's Anniversary Dinner 19 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
Now that summer is almost over (ONE MORE WEEK until the first day of first grade!), it's time for me to pull it together and write about Memorial Day weekend when - to celebrate Kyle and Mary's third ...
Dressing and More Dressing 16 Aug 2013 | 05:11 pm
I have been on a vinaigrette-making tear lately. Overall, I'm sure I make more vinaigrette than the average person; I have an aversion to bottled salad dressings. (Although, randomly, I am embarrassi...
Weekend Eating: On the Road Again 8 Aug 2013 | 05:19 pm
We spent the weekend up in Ebensburg, PA, at Mary's family reunion. But before we headed off into the north, we did some really good eating. Friday night we met the Bargers for dinner at Earth, Wood ...
Jealous 6 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
My sister went to the Basque region of Spain on her honeymoon, mostly to eat. She posted this, from San Sebastian, on Facebook: I am so jealous I can barely see. (Also, I can't get it to center ...
Intellectual Cocktailing 2 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm
I have a tendency to buy small things that I think might be cool blog fodder, use them, then forget to write about them. That happened recently - well, within the past six months - with two things I ...
#waskineau 1 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
My little sister is married! Erin and Clark got married last weekend in Annapolis. It was such a fun weekend all the way around. So much fun, in fact, that I barely took any pictures. The weekend ki...
Many Gifts 25 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
I have been a lucky girl lately - on the receiving end of a bunch of thoughtful, cool, and completely unexpected gifts: The two vintage magazines - a House & Garden from February 1981 (complete with ...
Tradition in a Jar 25 Jul 2013 | 02:30 pm
Immediately upon arrival in Williamsburg,William & Mary freshman are inundated with stories of traditions and "firsts." W&M has a lot of them. We're cool like that. Many of W&M's stories have to do w...
Summertime Snacks 24 Jul 2013 | 05:32 am
Snacks are best when they're garden surprises, don't you think? Like these fried zucchini blossoms, picked off our (so far) fruitless zuch plant: And these ginormous figs, which showed up a couple m...
