A LONG while ago…we took a trip down to Penney Farms, Florida to visit Kara’s grandfather. He’s 90 and doesn’t travel anymore so we brought the party to him (or lack thereof, we’re not really partiers) for Memorial Day weekend. Penney Farms is a retirement community. And it’s about 45 minutes away from Jacksonville and…
The Original Mast General Store
A little while ago, we took a trip over to Blowing Rock, NC and I mentioned the Mast General store. Residents of Knoxville know now that we have our own nifty Mast store downtown on Gay Street. It’s a great all-purpose store. You know…for general stuff. Valle Crucis, NC is a hop-skip-and a jump away…
Quaintness – You’re doing it right
Every year if time permits, we like to go visit my Nana in Blowing Rock. You see, Nana is awesome. She was married to my Papa for almost 40 years before he passed away back in 2002. And she still fiercely loves him and talks about him as if he hung the moon. She treats…
Adventures of OBX
This is reading material. There’s a lot of it. So, if you’re looking to kill some time on a lunch break, this is your chance. So…the long awaited OBX blog. Yeah, I know our vacation was like…a month ago. So what? Quick preface: this was our first “real” vacation in 3 years. Since the honeymoon….
Last D.C. Blog: Birthday Dinner & Arlington
Finally getting this up. Sorry for taking so long. My Birthday dinner was at this Italian restaurant, Tosca, near the White House. Expensive yes, but totally worth every penny. Delicious going down. Not so much coming back up when I got sick that night because I had some sort of bug, but still worth it….
>Capitol City Birthday Weekend Extravaganza: Day 2 Part 2
> On to the memorial place of our 16th President. Ol Honest Abe. I love the ceiling in the Lincoln Memorial. Pretty. No Sliding Down Banisters… On our way to the Korean War Memorial. Part of the FDR Memorial. Jefferson Memorial…yes we walked all the way over there. All flippin way. And then we took a…
>Capitol City Birthday Weekend Extravaganza: Day 2 Part 1
>On Friday, we did the touristy thing and took the Metro into the Smithsonian station. Cindy – being very Asian. Love her. Onto our first stop – the National Museum of Natural History. Everybody loves a little nature. Now for a respite from all the kiddos and because the rain had “let up,” we decided…
A Capitol City Birthday Weekend: Day 1
So if you haven’t figured it out yet, Rem took me to DC for my 25th birthday. My best friend, Cindy, lives there and I hadn’t seen her since our wedding – the visit was long overdue. We took a lot of pictures though and it was difficult to pare them down into a reasonable…