We are lucky enough to be required to travel for our work. This year it’s taken us to California twice so far, once in February and once in April. SF to LA In February we started with a week of business in San Francisco and on Friday we boarded the Coastal Starlight Amtrak Train for […]
For our first anniversary we wanted to get away for a quiet week again. The beach house we rented for our honeymoon was already booked so we found another one a little ways further down the island. This beach house was just as perfect, it was even closer to the water! The house was so
We were so busy planning the wedding in less than five months that we didn’t have the energy or focus to plan a intense honeymoon, but we still really wanted to get away after the wedding. We decided to get a beach house at our regular roadtrip beach. We love Dauphin Island because Magnus is
The Details The Date After Daniel proposed we started discussing when we should get married. Daniel at first considered waiting a while, so planning could be slow and easier. I wanted to make our randomly chosen dating anniversary more concrete, and the last occurrence of a May 1st on a weekend was coming up in
I have no idea how I slept April 30th. I do know that I woke up before it was light out and tried to relax myself. I was out of bed and started puttering around the house by 6. Veronica and her boyfriend Casey had stayed in our guest bedroom so that they would be
Daniel asked if I was interested in a weekend in the Smokies, since we had missed our regular Smokies trip in the fall he wanted a makeup. I was nervous that a mountain top might not be so easy to reach in December, but he assured me we would be fine, and we booked the
Chicken Cordon Bleu is one of my personal favorite foods, and it’s so hard to find someone who does a good job. Years ago I learned to make my own and perfected my recipe. I very rarely make this anymore because I’ve found local places that do as good as I do with so much less effort from me.
I’ve eaten Hoppin’ John for almost every New Years Day of my life. After introducing it to Daniel, it’s a regular meal in our home. We have a simple version that we keep everything on hand for whenever possible.
EN 
ES 
FR 
DE 
DE_AT 
IT