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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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?

The Start of Christmas in Medina

It’s time to sing Christmas carols, decorate, watch Hallmark movies, and officially transition to the holiday season. For those familiar with the two of us, you probably know we’ve been doing this for over a month. However, if you’re in Medina, you know very well that today is the Olde Tyme Christmas

Happy November

Cue Barry Manilow’s “When October Goes”. Just like that, autumn days are waning as the rest of the leaves change and snow looms in the forecast. We’ve spent our September and October days like never before – enjoying our son. Scott and I always wonder how we managed to do it all

The Arrival of Roux: Part Two

English teachers love a good cliffhanger. Actually, I think most people do. A cliffhanger fails when the outcome is already known – yes, I’m alive! Roux is thriving! Our emergency room visit becomes a mere plot twist in our original discharge from the hospital. However if you’re still curious how our first

The Arrival of Roux: Part One

I’ll start this by saying that no woman knows what to expect despite the abundance of literature published on the topic of labor and delivery. It is truly the great unknown. Every experience is different and no matter how many friends and relatives share their personal experience, you are incredibly naive to

Welcome, Roux Honor

Our world was changed forever one month ago. Roux Honor made his entrance into our lives on June 11th, 2021 at 7:23 in the morning, weighing a healthy 9 lbs 2 oz and a very tall 22 inches long. It’s my lot in life to be surrounded by tall, dark, handsome men

On Naming our Son

Perhaps the most pressure we have endured throughout this entire pregnancy is the NAME GAME. And for the record, we actually have decided on a name – the last name… Everyone wants to know his name. Everyone has ideas, opinions, judgements. But few people have inquired about the last name of our