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🍴: Mon – rehearsal after dance class = forgettable leftover for a late dinner Tues – Arby’s in the car on the way to PA Wed – Davis family dinner, traditional Thanksgiving style. I did not feel like coming up with something the kids would eat, so decided on this salad to use up sweet
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🍴: Mon – coq au vin blanc meatballs with mash and cider-braised carrots Tue – broth and Jello for me, Domino’s for Hampton Wed – Hampton-created orecchiette with bacon and sliced Brussels sprouts in a light cream sauce with leftover Domino’s garlic bites. Thur – Swedish pizza salad with TJ’s garlic gondolas topped with prosciutto,
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12-16 May 2024 Much like how we can’t stay anywhere other than Hotel Oceania in Rome and we can’t not go to Siena, for Florence, it’s all about Fiesole and the Pensione Bencista. Nestled in the hills above the big city, BencistĂ dates to the 14th century and, just before we were there, was even
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9-12 May 2024 Five hours on a bus later and we’re back in one of our favorite places in the world, Siena. On our honeymoon, Hampton found a wine tour out of Florence that stopped there for dinner and used that as half our transportation to Rome. We loved this quiet, medieval city so much,
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6-9 May 2024 From Rome, we headed to Naples, which was new to us. I hadn’t made too many decisions about what to do there, but really wanted to see the Egg Castle for sunset and then get a seafood dinner nearby. Well, it turns out our hotel had a birdseye view of the castle…
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3-6 May 2025 For our 10th anniversary, Hampton and I decided to break out of our COVID rut and Travel again. Travel with a capital T. See All The Things. …of course, we were soon totally overwhelmed with planning. Enter Adam’s Travel Designs. We had never used a travel agent before but given how out
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Happy holidays! We went to see Hampton’s parents for Christmas and every trip to Raleigh these days requires a trip to Wegman’s for specialty items we rarely see in Winston-Salem. As much as we love this town and don’t want to move back to all that traffic and house prices. When we go to Wegman’s,
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The end of rehearsals has meant a return to cooking. Like, the kind of cooking we enjoy, not just getting food on the table. I won’t bore you with alllllll the daily details (yet), but there have been a few standouts the past few weeks. — Orange-Chili Glazed Pork Tenderloin with Carrot Pesto and Grilled
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Much like one of my favorite fictional heroines, Bridget Jones, I love a good mini-break. Hampton and I originally had plans to do a big French vacation for our 5th/my 40th… but then we bought a house. So we did three mini-breaks this spring and summer instead. And totally saved money, I’m sure. Since I’m
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Last weekend we took a minibreak to DC for a surprise baby shower and Hampton’s birthday. It started off with a bang. Literally. I was washing my hair Friday morning and heard a massive crash of glass. The globe from the ceiling fan on our upstairs landing had fallen and smashed EVERYwhere. Luckily, I didn’t
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