Well, I continue to explore new and crazy things. I worry that I’m going to develop a complex and you’ll all think I’m crazy. But I swear, this is one of the coolest things...
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Hello all. I’m afraid I’m getting desperate. I’ve had a dream for the last year that I could be a curler by association and belong to the St. Paul Curling Club. I’m totally...
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Today’s wedding vendor feature is the harpist that we had play during the cocktail hour. Her name is Laurie Leigh and I found her at a bridal fair. What I loved right from the start about her...
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We’re all about new experiences lately and this definitely fit the bill. My in-laws live on beautiful Chesapeake Bay and they invited us over for a crab-eating shindig before we left the...
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not to write about massages anymore! But then the internet went down yesterday….and I just felt like The Spa was calling to me….”Come visit Sarah, we miss you”….and I...
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In the spirit of radical self-care, I decided to treat myself to an eyebrow make-over last night. During my many, many visits to the Greenbelt Mall, I had happened across a shop entirely devoted to...
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On Saturday the unimaginable happened. I FOUND CORN DOGS! And not just any corn dogs, I found MY BRAND of corn dogs. How is that possible??? I do not know. I am still trying to wrap my mind around...