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Camping: It's for the dogs

[Editor's note: Gertie wanted to blog about her first camping trip. Who was I to stop her?] I knew something was up when the stuff started piling at the bottom of the stairs. Some of the stuff smelled like my friend, Penny, so I was pretty excited. Anything that involves Penny is pretty fun. Then [...]
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The Bachelor and Fire & Wine Night Combo Post: Jake, just say gno!

Sometimes you just have to say gno. And, last night, as we devoured our delicious gnocchi (recipe courtesy of the brilliant Elise of Simply Recipes) topped with a brown butter with spinach and pinenuts sauce (recipe courtesy of Cooking Light), we were screaming “GNO!” at our bachelor friend, Jake. I decided to compile our list of “gnos” in [...]
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Date night!

I asked Roomie out on a date to go see the very sappy girly movie Dear John with me. I asked her on Facebook, adding that DD Girl would be welcome to join us, as long as she could hold her barf. After watching the trailer Roomie admitted that this movie might be over-the-top for even [...]
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F&W: Classic lasagna & classic us for a fine holiday celebration

The last Fire & Wine night of the year. And I wanted to make it special. I thought about doing a ham or turkey breast, but to me, Christmas is Italian. I grew up (and still do) eating spaghetti with my family on Christmas. This isn’t your ordinary spaghetti. This is cook-all-day slow-roasted-goodness spaghetti. My [...]
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F&W Night Shrimp Coconut Curry and Show & Tell

I loved show & tell as a child. It was probably my favorite day of the week. Any opportunity to have all eyes on me and my object, no matter how menial… I’m an attention whore. What can I say? Do you know that I still do show & tell? Usually when I have a [...]
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