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A place to rejuvenate and find yourself

By Queen of Quirky | Published: December 2, 2010

One of the odd side affects of working from home is that the lack of daily interaction with co-workers makes me extra chatty. It didn’t take much, really. Tonight on my nightly trip to the grocery store (why can’t I learn how to do this once a week?!), I recognized a woman from my old [...]

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Camping: It's for the dogs

By Queen of Quirky | Published: May 2, 2010

[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!

By Queen of Quirky | Published: January 26, 2010

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!

By Queen of Quirky | Published: January 22, 2010

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

By Queen of Quirky | Published: December 24, 2009

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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