It’s Halloween and time for my annual Spooky Cake at work. I try to make this cake every year and take it in to work. Dave said this was the best looking one to date.
I got the idea from some magazine years ago and have been making it yearly. Ari informed me that I had [...]
Tonight was Cali’s first fire in the fireplace. She didn’t know what to make of it at first, then thought it was probably OK. You can kind of see the fire in the fireplace in the first picture (without the flash), but you can see Cali’s beautiful coloration better in the second picture
What Cali seemed [...]
The UNC Tarheels hosted the Eagles of Boston College on October 25th in beautiful Kenan Stadium. This was the first game that Kevin and I had been to in a LONG while… I think the last game we saw in Kenan was before Kenan was remodeled. The sky was not the perfect shade [...]
Last night was the last McDougle volleyball game of the season (against Culbreth). The bleachers were packed and spirits were high. The JV and Varsity teams had made signs to encourage the players on the court and to encourage the crowd to cheer.
The JV team won in two sets against Culbreth. Below is the JV [...]
It has been a while since we have had dinner with Katie, so she invited us over last night for Kera’’s man cake. Kevin had some man cake at Kera’’s wedding, but neither Ari or I had any, so we were excited to get the chance to try some. I think Katie was excited to [...]
This morning we loaded up Dessie and headed out to find a pumpkin patch. I had seen an ad in the paper for Ragan & Holly’s Pumpkin Patch so we decided to see what they had to offer. This is at the same location as Jean’s Berry Patch, where we went earlier this year to [...]
Mmmm…Vin D’Orange…
The first time I ever heard of Vin D’Orange was when my friend Camille brought a bottle of homemade Vin D’Orange to me as a present when I had her and her husband over for my Julia Child Dinner.
Earlier this summer, we had some at my favorite vineyard, Hanover Park, in Wilkesboro, NC. I [...]