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Introducing, Bowen Thoreau

Happy one month to our perfect addition, Bowen Thoreau, or "Beau." Born December 9th at 11:09
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Introducing, Bowen Thoreau

Bowen, baby head
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Hello, 2026.

And farewell, 2025. It's early in the morning, typing from my bed with one son on my
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Hello, 2026.

The clock in downtown Medina, NY.
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Where You Can Donate, Contribute, and Help Your Community

We love talking about food and drinks, but I love to talk about our community even more.
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Where You Can Donate, Contribute, and Help Your Community

Medina, NY, Our Life

Breaking New Ground at the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library

Last Friday morning, Roux and I stood with our neighbors and community leaders at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library,
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Medina, NY, Our Life

Breaking New Ground at the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library

A Very Humble Thank You (and a few FAQs…)

The last few days have been the most exciting blur of activity  – even the wedding was less eventful than becoming first-time business owners!  First of all,  words cannot express the depth of our gratitude for you all – so many messages of love and congratulations, and the excitement that we have

Medina Welcomes Wine About Winter

Cold temperatures and dozens of bottles of wine can only mean one thing…it’s time for the Medina Business Association’s Wine About Winter event!  As the popularity for this event remains high, we’ve been told that tickets sold out – again.  That means between VIP and regular admission, 850 people will hit the streets of

The Secret is OUT: The Shirt Factory is OURS!

As of this morning, Medina’s Shirt Factory Cafe changes hands and a dream of ours is finally realized!  Yes, Medina, the rumor mill was active over the last few months and all of you that guessed that the changing of the guard somehow involved us – you were right.   About a

We’ve Been Keeping a Secret…

It’s no joke that we’ve been preoccupied lately; our regular posts have become more weekly, and my camera has sat neglected in my bag.  But we are devious little children over here on Fox Cross, and our scheming and absence on DC Minute is for good reason. We promise.  The good news?

Guess Who Was NOT Invited to Dinner…

Part of me hesitated to ever write this post. In fact, at dinner last night with our good friends, Scott tried to prompt me to tell this story, and I did the equivalent of kicking him under the table – the “I’m going to kill you if you say another word” stare

Ode to the (LOST) Date Night

  Where are the date nights of our past? Ay, Where are they?     Think not of them, thou hast thy farm and goats —  While friends of old are playing in the city of yesterday,     And touch the white-clothed table, champagne bubbles afloat