The South Will Rise

I made Red Velvet Whoopie Pies last night to take as dessert to a dinner party.  The recipe was very simple recipe for the red velvet part- a box of cake mix, eggs, water and oil.  I made two different fillers, a marshmallow and a cream cheese icing.  Everything went very well, and they looked [...]

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I am generally not a fan of baby showers, but I went to one for a friend last week that was truly delightful.  It was a sit down dinner at an absolutely beautiful home, and all of the women were so smart and fun to be around, that I had a wonderful time.  The best part [...]

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I work at the Charleston Library Society which is a pretty special place.  It is the third oldest library in the United States, and the collection of books, letters, maps etc. is unbelievably impressive.  This is the main room of the Library- it is beautiful.  And what better use for this amazing room than a backgammon [...]

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My sweet son Walker finally got home from New York this week, and I have, of course, been spoiling him rotten from missing him so much.  I asked him what he would like for dinner the other night, and he replied meatloaf.  This was a little surprising since I haven’t made meatloaf for him in [...]

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It is a tradition in the South to eat black eyed peas and collard greens on New Year’s Day to bring you luck for the coming year- the peas are supposed to represent coins and the collards are the color of money so the dish- called Hoppin’ John- will bring you wealth and luck in [...]

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I can’t believe that Christmas has come and gone already.  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!  Corby and I went up to the mountains in North Carolina since it is Walker’s year to spend Christmas with his dad   While we missed Walker tremendously, we had such a relaxing great time just the two [...]

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Saturday was a pretty great day. It started off with pepper jack cheese scrambled eggs and maple bacon and ended with macaroni and cheese fritters with green tomato jam, and in the middle was a fantastic day sailing with great friends and snacking on tater tots.  I reconnected with a friend from college who is [...]

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We went to my sister’s gingerbread house party in New York last weekend, and Walker was so disappointed that he couldn’t take his gingerbread house on the plane home, we decided to have a gingerbread house party as well.  Thanks to my mother’s genius when she was making houses for my sister’s party, she made [...]

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I love New York.  I am so glad I do not live there anymore, but I really do love it.  We had such a fun weekend, and the weather, although not cold and Christmas spirit inspiring, was fantastic.  The food was even better.  We went to a lot of places, and I don’t think all of [...]

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Since I started writing this blog, I have been making a wish list of bakeries I want to visit.  Red Truck Bakery (www.redtruckbakery.com) in Old Town Warrenton, VA is definitely at the top of the list.  First off, I really love that they turned an old Esso Station into a bakery.  Second, I really love the [...]

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