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Cocktail Hour! Ginger Syrup and Bourbon

by Alyssa

A bourbon highball is a drink made from ginger ale and bourbon, usually with a twist of lemon.  This version is a little more sophisticated and much sharper, making it a perfect cocktail hour drink.  Using homemade ginger syrup instead of ginger ale gives the drink a spicy bite that can only come from fresh

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Filed Under: Alyssa, Happy Hour Tagged With: Alyssa, bourbon, bourbon highball, fall, ginger syrup, ginger syrup and bourbon, happy hour

Friday Favorites

by Alyssa

Happy Friday!  Exciting and inspirational things happened this week! We’re on Instagram now!  We love Fat Mum Slim’s Photo A Day, so much that we decided to join the fun.  We just started this week, so we’re still building up our gallery.  But you should definitely follow us for lots of great photos and more

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Filed Under: Weekly Love Letters Tagged With: brown butter rice krispie treats, charity: water, Favorites, instagram, quitokeeto, ritual roasters, soma water filter, sugar skull seasonal espresso, the legend bracelet

New Feed Update!

by Carla

Hi Readers!  We have some exciting changes coming to the site in the next few weeks and we can’t wait to share them with you! One of the first is that we’ve added feed access through Feedburner.  Your current feed should redirect into your reader of choice (we like Feedly!), but if you aren’t seeing

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Cocoa Pumpkin Spice Granola

by Carla

I know I said I was going to ease us into the cozy fall food with last week’s arroz con leche, but my local grocery had a good sale on old fashioned oats and I couldn’t pass up the chance to make some granola! Granola is often much healthier when made at home, plus you

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Filed Under: Carla, Recipes Tagged With: Carla, cocoa pumpkin spice granola, granola, pumpkin spice, Recipe

Designing a Fall Floral Arrangement

by Alyssa

  I love fall floral arrangements because they give me a chance to explore options I wouldn’t otherwise consider, like fall leaves or stalks of wheat.  Summer arrangements are colorful and bright.  Winter is full of pine and berries, with lots of green, white and red.  Spring brings pastels and bright colors again.  But fall

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Filed Under: Alyssa, DIY Tagged With: Alyssa, design, diy, fall, fall floral arrangement, floral

DIY Natural Air Freshener

by Carla

When I think of personal obsessions, there are two things that come quickly to mind:   1. very shiny hair 2. a super clean smelling house   Now, yeah, those things both seem like outcomes anyone would want.  But I didn’t realize that I may occasionally cross the line into crazy town on execution until

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Filed Under: Carla, DIY Tagged With: air freshener, diy, essential oils, natural product, room spray

Guacamole Bar

by Alyssa

If you live in the U.S, today is National Guacamole Day.  It’s no coincidence that it falls on the same day as Mexican Independence Day.  And I don’t know about you, but I’ll take any excuse to eat guacamole. I’ve been throwing around the idea of a guacamole bar ever since I had fantastic guacamole

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Filed Under: Alyssa, Recipes Tagged With: Alyssa, guacamole, guacamole bar, Mexican Independence Day, National Guacamole Day, Recipe

Friday Favorites

by Carla

Happy Friday!  Have a fantastic weekend.  Here are some of our favorite things from this week. How to Care for a Wooden Cutting Board:  Food52 published an invaluable guide to caring for your wooden cutting boards.

Filed Under: Weekly Love Letters Tagged With: Cutting Board, Dot & Bo, Favorites, How to care for a cutting board, nesting tray tables, pumpkin spice popcorn

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