Traditions in my family – the birthday cake is a surprise. You can’t see it until Mom carries it out, all aglow with candles. This has been previously discussed in The Cake Slap. The traditions in Bridgette’s husband’s household growing up were different from mine. They took an active part in choosing and creating theirContinue reading “Birthday Cake”
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Our first guest post!
In our randomly continuing series about weddings, my sister has offered to share her wedding story with us. Prologue: First before I start, I am not reminiscing nor do I have any longing for my former marriage. However, I loved most of our wedding celebration and the loved ones who attended. We were living inContinue reading “Our first guest post!”
BBQ
I’m from North Carolina, so it goes without saying that I love BBQ. I suppose some people from NC are picky about BBQ, and stick their noses up at styles other than our Eastern vinegar based style. I am not one of those people. In fact, I’ve never met a BBQ I don’t like. IContinue reading “BBQ”
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
How does your garden grow? I thought I would share some garden pictures, since it’s been a couple of months. I always plant a couple of cherry tomatoes on the porch for Mom. She loves to pick them and eat them as fast as she can. I think it’s interesting that 2 of the plantsContinue reading “Mary Mary Quite Contrary”
Mmmm, Massage…
My guy and I went on a cruise shortly after we started dating. The cruise itself was unremarkable. It was long enough ago that they were still doing the dining thing where you ended up sitting with a bunch of people you don’t know – not my favorite, but I can deal with it. Anyway,Continue reading “Mmmm, Massage…”
Speaking of weddings
I went to a wedding Saturday. It was for a girl I’ve known through belly dance, for about 10 years. Some weddings really make you wonder why these people are even getting married, because you know it’s not going to work. This wedding was the opposite, where the couple are such a good match, andContinue reading “Speaking of weddings”
Food!
Last DC post. Most important subject – food. Because of Covid, and their reopening restrictions, we had a hard time with something I thought would be the easiest part of all – finding restaurants. Many had closed. Most of those left hadn’t reopened the dining rooms yet. And we didn’t really want to get foodContinue reading “Food!”
Thoughts on our hotel…
We stayed at the Courtyard Marriott DC Capitol. We usually stay at a Marriott out in Dunn Loring, which has always been a nice stay. But because we were flying into Baltimore, the train and metro ride to Dunn Loring would be ridiculously long. So I chose this place, because it would only be anContinue reading “Thoughts on our hotel…”
The Monuments and Memorials!
Last day in DC – time to go check out some of the monuments and memorials. We started with the Washington Monument, which of course is closed so we couldn’t go inside. But it’s still an interesting structure to check out. We wandered from there to the WW2 memorial, and then continued along the pathway.Continue reading “The Monuments and Memorials!”
The Zoo!
So we went to the National zoo. The weather was perfect, no rain, but a little overcast, and warm enough to not need a jacket, but not hot. We were comfortable, and even better, the animals were out because it wasn’t too hot for them. And it wasn’t very crowded! I remembered something about oneContinue reading “The Zoo!”
