Here’s a bit of European history: Back in 1830, Belgium officially separated from the Netherlands. On July 21, 1831, the country installed Leopold I as its monarch, and thus became the Kingdom of Belgium, a French-speaking, Catholic, bourgeois country with a passion for making the world’s tastiest mussels, frites, beer and chocolate. (Thank you, Wikipedia!) […]
It seems like it was just yesterday we were planning our Memorial Day barbecue, and now here we are sending out a Save the Date for the Labor Day backyard party. There are just a few more weeks to take advantage of summer, so savor every opportunity. Last week, I gave you a few […]
Believe it or not, we are on the back side of summer. Just a few more weeks left to enjoy all the delightful cliches of the warmer months. I, personally, detest summer. I moved halfway across the country to get away from a land of perpetual heat. (Texas, my friends, does not have this “dry […]
Are your ears still ringing from your local fireworks celebration? Did you take the day off because it just didn’t make sense to interrupt the weekend momentum initiated yesterday? Lucky you. Well the how shall you spend this rest of this weekend? Tonight keep the feel-good holiday-vibe at the Rock and Roll Hotel. The reggae-roots band […]
Ben and Jerry’s has a new campaign to name an ice cream flavor after Washington, D.C. The good news: ice cream won over frozen greek yogurt. Sorry, health-conscious people, but ice cream is always the crown jewel of the icy dessert showcase: the cure to emotional problems; the Yin to our Yang; or, um, the […]