Happy Birthday, Alexandria!

Every year, for the last five years, Aaron and I have attended the birthday celebrations of the city of Alexandria.  It is always a blast, pun intended 🙂  Alexandria knows how to throw a party! Fantastic big band live music,…

DC Dragon Boat Festival

Another thing checked off on my bucket list this weekend! The DC Dragon Boat Festival has been something I have always wanted to attend but never got around to it. This year, Aaron was invited by the Taipei Economic and…

National Museum of the Marine Corps

Photo credit – morganhowarth.com An unplanned thing happened today. Gracie and I found ourselves in the parking lot of the National Museum of the Marine Corps this morning after we had dropped off Aaron who was part of a group…

Clemyjontri Park

It is already reaching summertime temperature around here but I am thrilled that I can go outside the house and enjoy the sunshine, lovely greenery, and explore my surroundings. That is something I missed intensely as I sat, cooped up…

Holland in Haymarket {Burnside Farms}

In honor of Gracie’s 1st birthday and a commitment to myself to explore again, I took Aaron and Gracie to Burnside Farms in Haymarket for the Holland in Haymarket Festival of Spring 2015.  This was something I had been looking…

Oatmeal Savory Abelskievers (Paniyarams)

First things first: I am not a fan of oatmeal. I will try my hardest to camouflage the oats by any means possible. Yep, a bit crazy, I know. But that’s how I feel about eating oats. I still eat…

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