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Monticello. It’s my favorite place on earth. Some people like sitting on a beach or going to Disneyland, but if I could be anywhere in the world 365 days a year, it would be in the vegetable garden at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate. Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter it wouldn’t matter. I think I’ve happily Read More >>
We had an extra 2 hours to spare yesterday before we had to catch our flight home from Virginia, so we decided to drive to James Madison’s Montpelier estate. I was driving and The Girl was navigating. And somehow, we ended up at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello instead. 😉 I think it was meant to be. Read More >>
During our visit to Washington D.C. last week we rented a car for a day and headed west to Monticello {Thomas Jefferson’s home}. Be. Still. My. Heart. I wanted to see the gardens, and the HH wanted to go for the house. It was perfect. Monticello was truly an amazing house, which took over 20 Read More >>
I was going through my seed packets last night and noticed that it’s almost time to start my broccoli and cabbage seeds. I LOVE homegrown broccoli and it’s so easy to grow too. I made a Broccoli cashew salad about 5 years ago and since then, it’s been my favorite way to eat the little Read More >>
Last week for date day the HH and I visited the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire for the day, and we both walked away feeling like got our money’s worth {and then some} for the admission price of $19.50 per person. “Strawbery Banke Museum, in the heart of historic downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is Read More >>
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