This weekend some friends and I took a “mid-winter” getaway to Morehead. We planned it in November, as we were discussing how hard life and work can become once it’s cold and dark and dreary. We were hoping that a getaway to look forward to would help us fight the cold-weather grumps. And, before I [...]
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Breakfast Nests
I love eggs. And not to sound like a total hipster, but I loved eggs before they were cool. Pie too. And toy camera photography. Not leggings though, I’m totally jumping on the trend bandwagon there… But eggs, we’ve always been good friends, especially when a dippy yolk is involved. Breakfast sandwiches, breakfast pizza, pasta [...]
Baked Apple Crisps
Tomorrow is the anniversary of our first kiss, many moons ago. I know that once you get married other anniversaries are supposed to melt away, but I figure- why not just celebrate more? We always celebrate the same way– by going to Dougherty’s, the pub where we decided on a whim to gamble our years-long friendship. [...]
Cheese Straws & Resolutions
Midway through the holiday madness I was contacted by a fellow North Carolinian who was wondering if I would be interested in reviewing some cheese straws. Not just any cheese straws, but his family’s 100 year old recipe that his mother and uncle just started selling in small, artisan batches. Now, I’m picky about product [...]
Red Velvet Cake
Today is Dan’s 27th birthday. Happy Dan’s birthday, internet! I may have mentioned here, once or a thousand times, that birthdays are very important to me. They’re not so important to Dan, but over the years I’ve been trying to nudge him in the celebrate-wildly-have-lots-of-fun direction. It’s a slow process. This year, by far, has [...]
