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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

Holiday Favorites: Movie Quotes

“Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?” What are the lines that you quote from your favorite holiday movies? This quote from the movie Elf, and many others make not only our list of favorites but also the phrases we overuse during the holiday season. Movie quotes are great, but holiday movie

Things to do before Christmas

It feels like the list of things to do before Christmas is just getting longer by the day. Our personal season in the DC area is cut a little shorter this year as we’ll be packing up for New York in a couple weeks. That being said, there are plenty of things

Product Review: Alive Juices

IT programmer turned juicer, Rachan Malhotra, started making juices for his father who suffered from a stroke in 2009. Starting with homemade juice from the ancient Indian medicine known as Ayurveda, the recipes have evolved into a variety of different dietary plans to meet your lifestyle needs. The former homemade juices are

Holiday Favorites: Christmas Movies

It’s officially December and that means Al can get away with watching Christmas movies every night.  Well, that’s not exactly true. She’s been watching them since the beginning of November.  But now I can get behind every title she suggests, though we are saving a few of our favorites toward the end

Things to do in DC: Festivus

Is it really December? The holiday season is here and in addition to holiday parties and shopping there are plenty of things to do in DC this week. Here’s a list of things we’d recommend this week: For starters, Monday is Scott’s 31st birthday so there’s a reason to have a glass