This is Lance. This is his daughter, Nikole. Together, this father/daughter team make up Herriott Grace – a wonderful online shop that shares hand carved and hand turned wooden objects with the world.  They also now sell porcelain, metal, linen and beeswax items. Lance hand…

Read More

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times – I am not a fan of Summer.  Fall is my season – it is head and shoulders above the rest in my opinion – and we all know I’m always right.  Right? As…

Read More

Tristan and I had some really amazing food while we were in London.  We decided that we had to try fish and chips because it’s the quintessential English meal (and how can you visit London without at least trying it?).  Luckily, there was a great…

Read More

My dad and I spent 5 days in Honduras last week, Tegucigalpa to be exact.   If you’re having trouble with the pronunciation of the capital city, it’s tay-goo-see-gall-pa.  You’re welcome. As I mentioned, the purpose of this trip was to visit projects where an…

Read More

One of the things I knew I wanted to do in London was visit some of their open-air markets.  Tristan and I visited the Borough Market one day, and it was amazing! The market is located underneath the southern end of the London Bridge (how…

Read More

Katie of Skunkboy Creatures made Chilled Spring Rolls recently and they look AWESOME.  I’m determined to try my hand at some this Spring because they are, after all Spring rolls.  Ba doom boom! I had no idea there were so many variations – but apparently,…

Read More

On Saturday we dyed Easter eggs with the kids.  It was fun to see their designs, and also to see that the dyeing process really hasn’t changed much over the past couple decades.  I love the pretty colors – they make me happy:) On Easter…

Read More

I’m clipping along at 65 mph this morning on my way to work, minding my own business – and a bird comes out of nowhere and hits my windshield.  It just barely didn’t clear the top of my car.  For a split second I wasn’t…

Read More

We have been wanting to do a coffee tasting for the past couple months to step outside our normal “routine”, and we finally got to do it this weekend.  We had 8 different kinds to try, and it was FUN. The coffees we tried: Starbucks…

Read More

You know us.  We love coffee.  It’s something that Stephanie & I literally cannot go a day without.  It’s not just the caffeine (although those nasty headaches we get without it don’t help) – it’s really everything about it.  The temperature, the aroma, the way…

Read More