I have never been a gaming girl. Pong used to stress me out. Ms. Pac Man chewed me up and spat me out. Centipede about made my heart explode. I'm aging myself here. What I mean is, video games have never been my thing. My older brother had always been a fanatic. Even at the ripe … [Read more...] about SONY PSP and Me
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Hebrew National Better Than-A-Picnic Picnic in Raleigh!
I've been looking for ways to engage Bird and Deal in community service since they were itty bittier than they are now. Nothing was ever really feasible for little kids. We started donating half their piggy bank money to charity every year on their birthdays. At first we picked … [Read more...] about Hebrew National Better Than-A-Picnic Picnic in Raleigh!
5:00 Fridays – Yard o’ Beer
Mac Daddy got a giant beer glass as a groomsman gift once. It's totally apropos considering he and his buddies all hail from Wisconsin. The glass is cool and it was a rockin' gift. I mean, there was a time we would have knocked back a yard of beer in one sitting and gotten off … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – Yard o’ Beer
5:00 Fridays – Strawberry Sangria
I have a thing for sangria. My neighbor John mixes a mean sangria. He has no real recipe, yet the concoction tastes like Aphrodite's nectar every single time. I first got a whiff of it sometime around July 2003, just a month before Bird was born. Some neighbors graciously hosted … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – Strawberry Sangria
5:00 Fridays – The First
In case you haven't been among the three people who were reading my blog when I started 5:00 Fridays, I thought I'd repost my first cocktail feature. This drink continues to be a crowd favorite and has graced the bar at many 40th birthday parties. We're not soda drinkers, but … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – The First
5:00 Fridays – Meyer Lemme-Have-Some-More Aid
Our annual block party is this weekend. We've been in the neighborhood for eight years, and the block party has been a long-standing tradition for twice as long. Neighbors who've moved away even return for the escapades. Friends of neighbors are bucking to get on the invite list. … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – Meyer Lemme-Have-Some-More Aid
5:00 Fridays: Steaz Style
Thanks to Steaz, I hosted the inaugural Dirt & Noise 5:00 Fridays happy hour last week. I think it was a ginormous hit and look forward to Friday wind-down-from-the-week-ramp-up-for-the-weekend libations all summer long. We had an excellent turn out with the likes of the oh … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays: Steaz Style