Pick Your Best Friend

You know how they tell you that when you get married, you want to marry your best friend?  They say you should choose that special person whom you can talk with and be yourself with. The person that you would want to be with over everyone else.  The one who really gets you. Well, that’s who [...]

Restaurant Week in DC – Sette Bello

If you’ve never experienced Restaurant Week in DC, you are missing out.  It comes around a couple of times a year and is a great opportunity to check out the restaurants that may normally be a bit out of reach price-wise.  We usually go for the dinner meal but with a baby and still being [...]

Life is Made Up of Defining Moments

Life is made up of defining moments.  Like the time you go on your first date.  Or the first time you meet your future husband.  Then there’s the moment you graduate from college and realize you are officially a grown up.  Or the time you learn that you are finally going to be a parent. Then [...]

Back in the Saddle Again

Not so long ago, the CPA and I were adventurous people.  We’d check out cool places around town like the Library of Congress and the National Cathedral, and we’d attend events such as the Whoopi Goldberg dinner and we’d visit the annual cherry blossom trees.  But a year or so ago, coinciding with the beginning of [...]

What’s The Deal with Spam?

I’ve been blogging for almost two years now and during that time I’ve gotten my fair share of spam, but the past few months or so it seems to have gotten progressively worse.  And by worse, I mean sneakier. They used to be pretty obvious – direct links, foreign languages, weird sounding phrases.  But these days, [...]

Watercolor for Fun

Last spring I signed up for a photography class through The Torpedo Factory, located in Old Town Alexandria.  I was excited to take it but unfortunately, my morning sickness sidelined me and I backed out at the last minute.  A couple of months ago I remembered the credit that I still had with the school [...]

A Catastrophe Averted

Henry went down for his afternoon nap like he always does – I gave him his pacifier, he cried and fussed for a bit, and then he finally fell asleep.  I checked on him several times as I often do, just to make sure that he was breathing fine and was resting peacefully.  I did [...]

Happy B-Day Big Boy

Dear Henry: It’s been six months since you were born.  Hard to believe, but it’s true.  During that time, you have become such a part of our lives that it’s strange to think you haven’t always been here with us.   Every morning we look forward to you waking up so that we can see your [...]

Mixed Feelings

I’m sitting in bed as I write this.  It’s not my bed, mind you; it’s a king size, full-of-pillows, absolutely divine bed located in our room at the Brampton Bed & Breakfast in Chestertown, MD.  What am I doing in Chestertown, MD you ask?  Celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the day that I married the [...]

Guess Who’s Here?

Do you remember this guy? No?  Here, let me refresh your memory. This is what he looked like the last time I saw him almost three months ago. Big difference, isn’t it?  I’ve missed him so much. And I’ve missed his parents too. They’ve only been gone for the summer, but it’s just not been the same without them nearby. [...]