Went to visit my mom on Sunday... it's been two years ago today since she passed away. This photo was taken from the couch we were sitting on looking through the hallway into the next crypt. A very...
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zucchini converts
Thanks to Paula Deen's delicious zucchini bread recipe and my baking skills (hee!), I have converted a few members of my family who "hate zucchini" this weekend. While Eric and my dad were shifting...
my German-style birthday dinner
For my birthday dinner this year, Eric came up with a list of places for me to choose from. One of the choices on the list, J. Betski's, is a German/Polish place and I thought a beer and brat would...
our little rescue
Two years ago today we brought home a mini schnauzer named Tinkerbell. (photo taken 8/12/06) You may know her as Riesling. :)
Happy Birthday Leandra!
Also heard as feliz cumpleaños in spanish, or in the spirit of the Beijing Olympics, "生日快乐] (shēngrì kuàilè)" in mandarin, happy birthday Leandra :)
I promise I will not take out screws that I can’t put back
Or, A Cautionary Tale About Repairing Your Own Wine Fridge Our 50-bottle wine fridge has been out of commission for several weeks. It makes a god-awful noise when it's plugged in and the cooling...
Well, it was pretty bad. Thanks, Google.
Eric was going through our stats today and while I think it's great that we have received over 1,000 hits to this picture of wedding cakes from 2003, I laughed out loud when I discovered we were the...
Six Plates winebar, Durham
Recently, we decided to try out Six Plates winebar in Durham and take advantage of their half-price bottles of wine Monday night special. We were the first people there at 6:30pm and were cheerfully...
BarCampRDU 2008
Last year, I volunteered by handing out t-shirts and this year, Eric and I were in charge of the getting the scheduling grid up on the wall. Between the beers at Tyler's on Friday night and the five...
that’s right, baby!
Georgia ranked No. 1 in preseason coaches' poll "Georgia was named the No. 1 team in the country in the preseason college football coaches' poll, which was released Friday. The Bulldogs received 22...
tennis on long island
One (of the many) nice things about heading to Long Island in the summer is the chance to play a little clay court tennis in the comfort of the backyard. We managed to fit some play in between the...
it’s a sign
Eric sent me an airfare deal to Bangkok/Singapore with a free layover in Hong Kong and what postcard shows up in our mailbox that day? (Also note the beautiful stamps!)
aww shucks
This morning marked our first time at the Raleigh farmer's market this summer and we had one main goal in mind... sweet corn! We also picked up some peaches, sweet peppers, cucumbers (4 for $1!) and...
airline miles
Finally, AFTER FIVE MONTHS, Delta granted me the double miles for our Zurich trip from their Europe winter promotion. Eric received his miles at the end of May only after emailing them several...
a new look to our waterfall page
All this waterfall hiking over the last few weeks had me working overtime on photo editing, finding GPS coordinates and lastly, redesigning our waterfall pages into a slicker CSS-styled look. Eric's...
celebrating
We had a very low-key 4th of July this year with some friends and their mini schnauzer coming over for burgers and beer. Riesling passed the time by making sure Pasha knew that Eric and I were...
seven years old
A very special someone in our family is celebrating her seventh birthday today by sprawling out on the bed under the fan after her walk this morning. I think she is saving her energy for a ribeye...
España!
The Eurocup football/soccer tournament started while we were in Barcelona several weeks ago, so we were able to watch Spain play on local TV. While we didn't understand much of the announcing, the...
Our Itinerary
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)