Alix taking photos at Leonard Oakes WInery during the lynoaken summer concert series.
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A "Rockstar" turns 40. Happy Birthday, Alix.

You may call her a teacher, a mother, a friend, a small business owner, a photographer, or
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A "Rockstar" turns 40. Happy Birthday, Alix.

Alix in her garden on our farm. She loves to plant and grow edible flowers.
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The One with All the Resolutions

I have been waiting a long time to use this title. It's my favorite episode of Friends
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The One with All the Resolutions

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Our List of Must Watch Christmas Movies

It's December 19th and our time to fit in as many Christmas movies as possible is dwindling.
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Our List of Must Watch Christmas Movies

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Happy 40th Birthday, Scott!

It feels like just yesterday we were at Hunan Number One in Arlington, surrounded by our DC
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Happy 40th Birthday, Scott!

Friday Minutes: A New Year to Read…

…and read we will. Our blog and writer friends have been kicking butt already in this brand new year. I don’t know if inspiration has been contagious, but everyone is posting brilliant content this week. So grab another cup of coffee/tea/juice/wine (hey, we never judge…) and relax with our first 2017 Friday

Clinging to the “Real” of 2016

It wasn’t until after I hit publish on the 2016 Hot Minute awards that I realized something. Our amazing dates, our memories, our tumultuous year – it can’t be summed up in a list of subjective “bests”  – I want to look back through these archives and know that the little moments,

2016 Hot Minute Awards

2 years ago we published our first Hot Minute Awards –  a year long compilation of our favorite food, drink, people and places. I think 2015 slipped right by us, and in reflecting on how monumental our last year has been, we felt compelled to remember and highlight the best of it.

Holiday Card 2016

All I can ever think about when hearing the term “holiday card” is the Friends episode where Ross and Mona debate sending out one of their own. Are we really there? Well, we’ve said I love you. And Scott kind of already asked me to marry him. And I guess we are

The 10 Reasons I Love Winter

Happy First Day of Winter!! Though I haven’t been penning posts for almost 3 months while Al has done it all, its time to make a comeback, and this was the perfect way to do it. Cold, snow, shoveling: for some these might sound like awful things, but for me they are

Custom Canvas Holiday Giveaway!

We thought that if you hadn’t already felt the love for our beautiful canvas calligraphy (we waxed poetic here and here) we could give you one more opportunity to get your very own! Riza, from MommyinPink has been so sweet to offer one of our readers their own custom wall art –