Food and Drink, Medina, NY

Our 4 Favorite Patios in Medina, NY

As August wanes and autumn begins to descend on our little corner of WNY, we find ourselves
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Food and Drink, Medina, NY

Our 4 Favorite Patios in Medina, NY

Our house with a fresh blanket of snow during the Christmas Holiday season in Medina, NY. Western New York has some of the most beautiful winters.
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Christmas in July? I'll pass this time.

Whether it's December or July, my love of celebrating Christmas runs deep. Outdoor lights, trees, cookies, music,
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Christmas in July? I'll pass this time.

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Matters of the Heart, Our Life

From the Heart: Please Lower the Temperature

I am an optimist. I'm not naive, but hope is something I feel at my very core.
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Matters of the Heart, Our Life

From the Heart: Please Lower the Temperature

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Rabbit Rabbit...is it really July?

Wasn't it just January? Weren't we just driving back from South Carolina in April? Alix and I
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Rabbit Rabbit...is it really July?

Our 4 Favorite Patios in Medina, NY

As August wanes and autumn begins to descend on our little corner of WNY, we find ourselves scrambling to enjoy the outside before some of our favorite spots close their patios and welcome us inside to ride out the winter. Having lived much of our adult lives in the mid-Atlantic, patio dining

Christmas in July? I’ll pass this time.

Our house with a fresh blanket of snow during the Christmas Holiday season in Medina, NY. Western New York has some of the most beautiful winters.
Whether it’s December or July, my love of celebrating Christmas runs deep. Outdoor lights, trees, cookies, music, and don’t get me started on the movies; I love it all. In July I start to receive texts, direct messages, or notifications that I’ve been tagged in countdowns to Christmas. I can snap into

Rabbit Rabbit…is it really July?

Wasn’t it just January? Weren’t we just driving back from South Carolina in April? Alix and I sat in awe over how quickly May flew by, and now tomorrow is already the 4th of July? If there is any truth to the superstition that saying “rabbit rabbit” will bring you a month

Happy 3rd Birthday, Roux!

I’m typing this just shy of 7am – the little nugget foiled my birthday plans when he woke up at 5:30am asking to go downstairs and eat cake. Apparently kids understand birthdays at this age. But when I didn’t acquiesce to his demands, he rolled over and went back to sleep, which

Spring Fling ’24

Spring. It’s been 9 months since we bid farewell to life in hospitality, which means every weekend we still pinch ourselves that we have it together. I’ve never known months to fly as fast as they are, but we have this new mantra: SPONTANEITY. This word hasn’t been in our vocabulary for