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Holiday Chocolate Bark

December 14, 2015

So, how crazy have the past couple of weeks been for you? Between work, birthdays, family dinners, the final stages of purchasing a house, volunteering, winter recitals and performances, open houses, networking events, and a relentless cold, the holidays are kind of the last thing on our minds at ...

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Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes Tagged: desserts, holidays, recipes

Wishlist: December 2015

December 9, 2015

Wishlist sources: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13 So far, December in the Midwest this year has been rather interesting. We're experiencing extremely warm temperatures for this time of  year, and lots of sunshine. It's made it a little too easy to forget that the holidays are just a couple of weeks ...

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Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged: holidays, wishlist

Brew Review: New Holland Ichabod Ale

December 8, 2015

New Holland Ichabod Ale BREWED BY: New Holland Brewing Company Holland, Michigan STYLE: PUMPKIN ALE ABV: 5.50% 3.4 / 5.0 Look: 3.0 | Smell: 3.5 | Taste: 3.5 | Feel: 3.5 | Overall: 3.4 ...

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Posted by Jeremy Weiks
Filed Under: Brew Reviews Tagged: beer, brew review, pumpkin beer

Happy Birthday, Mom!

December 4, 2015

  My mom has always been and always will be my best friend, no question. Before I ever even left her body and grew to know her, she was my rock. ...

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Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Living Tagged: family

Cranberry + White Chocolate Scones

December 2, 2015

I miss a lot of things about my time in England, and often try to take myself back through various senses - looking through old photos and videos, listening to the music of the buskers I met during my travels, and eating some of the foods I grew to love while there. ...

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Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Desserts, Meals, Recipes Tagged: desserts, meals, recipes, vegetarian

Paying it Forward: 25 Simple, Yet Powerful Random Acts of Kindness

December 1, 2015

A few years ago, we heard about Impact 52’s 25 Days of Giving project and challenged ourselves to take part in each day’s act of kindness. Since then, it’s been one of our favorite holiday traditions (although, we certainly don’t limit ourselves to paying it forward only in December!) ...

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Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Living Tagged: challenge, holidays

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Almost every nook and cranny of our home is filled Almost every nook and cranny of our home is filled with sentimental pieces. I’m the daughter, granddaughter, and niece that will gladly take items the family may otherwise get rid of or have tucked away in closets for decades, untouched. The kind of traveler that looks for leaves and shells and rocks to keep in my pockets and carry with me, so I can always hold a piece of where I’ve been. Usually, I have no idea where these things may come to live in my own home, but they always manage to find their perfect places in time.

These shelves alone hold a basket full of stones and shells from around the world, framed high school love letters my grandpa wrote to my grandma in the 1940s, an assortment of found and inherited books, some well more than a century old, and sweet portraits of my great grandparents. 

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