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A Wedding Story: The only time people take lots of pictures of you while you are getting dressed

I had heard so many people tell me that they barely slept the night before their wedding, which I can understand, as you are simultaneously stressed, anxious, excited, thrilled, emotional, happy, and tired – so tired that you can’t sleep. … Continue reading

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A Wedding Story: First comes love, then comes a whole lot of work, then comes marriage

And so begins the overwhelming wedding posts. There is so much I want to say about this day that I want to apologize in advance for being wordy. I will try to let the pictures speak for themselves when I … Continue reading

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NASHVILLE*

Sometimes weekends are for fun, sometimes they are for work, and occasionally those two things happen to be the same thing. Such was the case last weekend when I was… ….for a graduate conference and also got to spend the … Continue reading

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Bacon and Brie Quiche

I love living with James, but he is a boy. Sometimes you just need a little girl time. Which is why I periodically like to get together with my amazing roomies from last year for some girl time, and by … Continue reading

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Home in the city that so many hate

Sometimes James and I talk about how weird it is to refer to coming back to DC as coming home.  No one seems to think of this city as home. People pass through for a six-month internship, a one year … Continue reading

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August is over.

I have conflicting emotions about August. I kind of hate it, because by this point summer is so hot that you stick to everything you sit on and the humidity settles around you like a constant blanket of ick. I’m … Continue reading

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Wegmann Waffle Wednesday

Because new families like to start new traditions… … especially ones that are covered in Nutella and whip cream (remember crêpe night on Tuesdays?), and involve alliteration.  You can find the waffle recipe we used here. And be forewarned that … Continue reading

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A baby!

No, not mine. Obviously. Sometimes it is nice when someone else has an ALL CONSUMING THOUGHT, like me with the wedding these days. And the only thing more all consuming the a wedding, in terms of planning, dreaming, etc., is … Continue reading

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Traverse City is for the Cool Kids

So when I was at that impossibly wonderful wedding a couple weeks ago, I had an epiphany: northern Michigan is basically the best-kept secret ever.  The lake beaches are cleaner than the ocean beach, the water seemed bluer, it wasn’t … Continue reading

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The Fourth the way it should be.

The Fourth of July might just be my favorite holiday. I love Christmas and Thanksgiving, but they have so much more pressure attached. There are gifts, traditions, weighty religious and historical undertones, and all sorts of hype. But on July … Continue reading

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