Happy Halloween! What are you up to this evening? Anyone go to fun parties? Clever costumes? J and I are hankering down in the suburbs, ordering takeout and handing out candy to the little trick or treaters. Rumor has it there are a lot of kiddos in this ‘hood so we bought three huge bags
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Tortellini Soup Recipe
Last week I made the first pot of soup for the season and shared a photo on Instagram. I got a few requests for the recipe, so here you go! My favorite thing about the recipe is the base. It is a good, hearty beef broth base that you can add to or take away
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September Highlights
September feels like eons ago. We spent Labor Day in DC, the second weekend moving everything out of our apartment and handing in the keys, then the third week was spent at the beach, lounging around with our families. What other month starts with summer and ends with fall? It was a really, really good
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The Bravery of Hosting
We threw a party for my mother in-law’s 60th birthday this past weekend, the first party in our new house. I was doing some preliminary clean-up near the end, and I couldn’t help smiling as I listened to all the sounds around me: A roar of laughter from a group outside sitting on the deck. The
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I’m Back, and My Thoughts on Spooky Decor
Hello there! It’s been over two weeks since my last post and every day since the pressure of a really good come-back post increases. Well, sorry to disappoint, but this one’s going to be short and kind of pointless. Thank goodness I didn’t try to tackle the 31 days project. I would be drowning by
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DIY Abstract Art for the Mantle
I didn’t really mean to make my own art, it just came about after searching high and low for something to place over the mantle and coming up empty. Let me back up. Here’s what our fireplace looked like moving in: The previous owners had their TV mounted above the fireplace, but we were placing
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August Highlights
Here we are October 4th and I’m just now getting around sharing what I liked about August. Oh well, c’est la vie! August Highlights: + Watching lots of Gilmore Girls while I packed up the apartment (btw, did you know Don Draper is in an episode? Loralai meets him at the auction and turns out
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Meeting the Neighbors
If you grew up watching Mr. Rogers, you’ll remember his famous song, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” That song kind of sounds funny nowadays, doesn’t it? Won’t you be the person who lives near me? A little weird. But back in the day it made perfect sense because neighbor was just another word for friend. My
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October Goals + Fall Bucket List
Oy! I’m feeling a little behind on my updates. I realized today I still have to share my August highlights, my August book club (how did I miss that?), now my September highlights plus a whole host of posts I have sitting in my drafts folder just waiting for me to finish. All good stuff,
