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?

{Family} Date Night: Hydraulic Hearth

I haven’t been this excited about Friday nights since T.G.I.F launched in 1989 – and I lived for that program. For the last many, many years, every Friday night I worked a 3pm-10pm kitchen shift at Shirt Factory. While I didn’t necessarily mind it when Scott and I were flying solo as

Minute 5,256,000

10 years ago the first post on In a DC Minute was published and it was appropriately titled, “The First Minute“. At the time we were living in Alexandria, Virginia, in separate apartments, and had been dating for less than a year. Times. Have. Changed. While we don’t write nearly as much

News Around Town: Last Week of September 2023

We used to write a column when we lived in the DC area entitled “News Around Town.” It was never intended to be a complete calendar, but rather things we might personally be interested in attending, or events we thought would be of interest to others. As the crisp autumn air settles

A Different Kind of “Back-to-School”

Before I digress, first and foremost: Happy Back to School, all! Teachers, administrators, parents, and of course, students – I’m looking at you. This year marks my 18th year since starting my career in education. *Please don’t do the math*. And if you take away the last two years of child-rearing leave