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Continue reading →: birthdays and spent grain cakeI’ve been thinking a lot about birthdays. Maybe it’s because some of my favorite people in the world had October birthdays. Maybe it’s because I’m really into baking cakes of the bundt variety at the moment. Or maybe it’s because I just friggin’ love birthdays. Though as an adult, I find that…
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Continue reading →: houseguests and pumpkin breadOctober has been good to us. [Maybe a little too good, considering it’s been a challenge finding the time to write about it all.] We held our annual Harvest Fest. We finally have grass in our backyard. We triumphantly celebrated our church’s cornerstone Oktoberfest beer festival — an event that took 7…
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Continue reading →: harvest fest and maple cakeWe’ve spoken extensively about annual traditions in the past — ice fishing and pontoon weekends and girls trips, as you might recall, all fall under the cozy umbrella of tradition. Now add to that list: Harvest Fest. When we began this humble blog last November, Harvest Fest was one of our first entries.…
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Continue reading →: bucket lists and bourdain: highlights of montréalA Continuation of our #Vacationland Travel Diary We’d be lying if we said Montréal has always been at the top of our travel bucket list. The truth is: we only wanted to go after watching the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown episode on Montréal and Quebec City. Something about his food adventures and escapades called…
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Continue reading →: wedding toasts and do-oversWe interrupt this regularly scheduled vacation post to talk about one heck of a party. I know, I know… we still owe you a debrief on Canada. But it’s really hard to talk about Canada when two of your closest friends get married and all you want to do is…
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Continue reading →: lobster and lighthouses: highlights of maineI used to despise the word “vacation”. I never like the idea of having to vacate from one’s own life. “Life should never be that bad,” I used to say. But there was something about our recent travels to New England and Canada that made me become a believer in the…
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