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European Escapades: Exploring London, Wales and Ireland
On top of the world — or at least the tallest mountain in Wales Tom and I decided to do a big trip this year — the biggest we’ve ever taken: a two week trip through the UK and the Republic of Ireland. I’m not exactly sure what spurred on this trip, but we’ve talked…
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2014 Garden: What's Growing On
Garden 2014 I’ve been a slacker on the garden blog this year. Or, perhaps on the blog in general. But fear not: the 2014 garden update has arrived. Overall, it has been a good garden year. I started my tomato and pepper seeds in early March indoors. I did a little test to see if…
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Off the Grid: Backcountry Camping
Tom and I have always loved camping. One of the things that first drew me to Tom was his love for adventure and the outdoors, and one of the things I appreciate most about our relationship is being able to share those sorts of experiences together. From annual camping trips to Manistee (Tom’s been camping there…
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Happy Puppy OR A Dog and His Dinh
It’s true. I’ve been slacking on the blog. Part of it may or may not be due to the fact that we got our first family pet a few months ago. Tom and I had discussed getting a dog over the years, but somehow this winter it suddenly became a reality. We found a ~10…
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Cast-Iron Skillet Blueberry Cobbler
This post may surprise some of you who know that I am not typically a fan of cooked fruit. However, after some conversations about Blueberry Cobbler at work last week, I decided I wanted to give it a try. I had made a Blackberry Cobbler once before after picking fresh wild blackberries with my mom…
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Brew Blog: Schmohz Brewery
We did a little impromptu trip to Schmohz Brewery last weekend before heading over to our friends’ house for dinner. I didn’t actually know that this brewery was there. When we walked in, I had the immediate impression that I somehow walked through a time vortex straight back into the 1980s. I mean, really. Wood…
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Brew Blog: Ashley's Belgian Beer Festival
It just so happened that the same weekend we planned a baby shower for my sister-in-law, there was a Belgian Beer Festival going on at Ashley’s — a favorite hangout of my brother’s. He was able to participate in the festivities all week, but Tom and I were at least able to join in for…
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Brew Blog
>> Click Here View All Brewery Visits to Date This section of the blog is dedicated to my husband, Tom. He told me that what he really wanted for Christmas was to go and check out all of the local breweries in and around Grand Rapids. At first, I was at a loss at how…
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Brew Blog: HopCat
The next stop on our brew tour was HopCat. I think I had actually only been to HopCat once before, and it had been a very long time. I think Tom’s been a number of times, but we hadn’t been there since we began our “Brew Tour”. We had said months ago that we needed to…
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Brew Blog: Grand Rapids Brewing Company
After an unexcusably long hiatus, it’s time to get back to the Brew Blog! We took some time off of our brewery tour as the weather got nice last year, but we’ve knocked off several new places this winter that I have not gotten around to posting yet. First places first, we’ll start with the…
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