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Let Them Eat Cake: Sunday Round-Up for October 16, 2011

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Brooke

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I’m writing to you from the wild, wonderful mountains of West Virginia. We’re up for our annual fall visit, to see the leaves, to eat favorite foods, to hug the necks of people we love. Sadly, a wild, wonderful wind came through the night we got here after an ungodly long drive. So the pretty leaves are all on the ground.

But we will try and soak up some fall, and delight in our surroundings. It really is nice to wear a sweater and not get hot.

I keep noticing wedding cakes everywhere I go! There’s an adorable little coffee shop in Bridgeport that I’m dying to go over and Read More

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Let Them Eat Cake: Sunday Round-Up for October 9, 2011

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Brooke

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Run a half marathon to celebrate a certain milestone birthday: Check.

Party like a rockstar for the week after said half marathon, and even eat a donut: Check.

Contemplate a cupcake, but don’t commit, and walk away: Check, check.

Y’all will be happy to know that I successfully participated in (saying that I competed would just Read More

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Let Them Eat Cake: Sunday Round Up for September 18, 2011

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Brooke

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Pardon me while I turn down the a/c so I can bake some pumpkin muffins.

Anyone else in a rush for fall to feel like, you know, fall? Here in the extreme Southeast, we’ve learned to take our fall cues from things other than the rustle of leaves and the cooling of temperatures. How do I know it’s fall? Well…lovebugs come back for round two. (Or is it round three?) Pumpkin patches start to pop up (and we have our pictures taken in folksy settings in our tanks and shorts and flip flops.) It’s not as hot…in the evening. Meaning that it dips below, you know, eighty.

So in this weird time, where the magazines are Read More