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  • Decorating Lessons from the Biltmore Estate

    One of the highlights of the holiday season each year for me is a trip to the beautiful Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.  Every year the mansion is completely decked out from basement to attic with festive trees (there… Continue reading

  • A Traditional French Gumbo

    What a fabulous whirlwind Thanksgiving weekend was! Between Wednesday and Saturday we made time to enjoy Thanksgiving with my family (especially enjoying the time we had with all four of our kiddos & the son-in-love) and the in-laws  in Tennessee,… Continue reading

  • 10 Things: New Orleans

    “We wander through old streets, and pause before the age stricken houses; and, strange to say, the magic past lights them up.” ~ Grace King, French Quarter Guidebook ~ I absolutely love New Orleans; not the loud, drunken partying New… Continue reading

  • Veteran’s Day

    Our country has a lot of freedoms; freedom that isn’t necessarily found all across the world.  Freedoms have been expressed this week that some agree with and some do not.  First, we were free to worship with the church of… Continue reading