By admin on February 7, 2012
This commercial isn’t real, neither are society’s standards of beauty. ~ Jesse Rosten, Film Maker This post is a little out for character for me, in that I don’t usually tend towards sarcasm or parody in my approach to life. But I thought this film was well done. It is promoting awareness of something that [...]
Posted in Before & After, Excerpt | Tagged Idealized Beauty, Photoshop
By admin on February 6, 2012
Thursday night was first community dinner hosted by The Eddy Pub in Saxapahaw. While The Eddy is celebrated for it’s food, chef Jeff Barney said that their intentions for the evening centered around creating conversations, fostering camaraderie and making human connections with food taking a back seat. (Don’t worry, the food was still delightful.) The [...]
Posted in Events, Excerpt, Food, Luck-ed Out | Tagged Edible earthscapes, Haruka Oatis, Jason Oatis, Jeff Barney, Local Rice, Saxapahaw NC, The Eddy Pub
By admin on February 5, 2012
It’s a rainy day here in Graham NC and we have spent the afternoon snuggled into our home, enjoying a day of rest. We were recently out at Cane Creek Farm on a day much like this one. The skies were gray with a steady march of raindrops on the tin roof for the farm [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Luck-ed Out, Pets | Tagged Cane Creek Farm, Ducks, Eliza MacLean, Farm Life, Nathan Perry, Revolution IT Resources, Tractors
By admin on February 3, 2012
I want to send out a big “HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE!” to my sweet husband. It has been an exciting year full of great memories, leaps of faith, challenges met, and acts of kindness. Thank you for holding my hand through this adventure we call life. I cant wait to see the things you will accomplish [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Luck-ed Out | Tagged Anna Thai Cafe, Birthday, Chicken Masaman, Chicken Noodle Bowl, Coconut Cake, The Rusted Bucket Tavern
By admin on January 31, 2012
This evening, we threaded our way through the aisles of Company Shops Market and wound up the creaking back stairs of the co-op grocery. We were headed towards a quiet celebration of a remarkable phenomenon that is occurring throughout this region. Have you heard of SlowMoneyNC? They are a matchmaker of sorts, who facilitates connections [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Luck-ed Out | Tagged Carol Peppe Hewitt, Company Shops Market, Eric Henry, Lyle Estill, SlowMoneyNC, Tom Sineath, TS Designs
By admin on January 27, 2012
One of my goals for the year is to get more of my images off the computer and into our house. One of the challenges is there can only be so many big framed photographs on our walls and I tend to save those spots for my very favorite images. If you take a look [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Pinterest | Tagged Displaying Photos, Holiday Photo Display, Photo Bunting, Photos In Your Home
By admin on January 22, 2012
When I saw this series of photos, I felt like it was calling out for a little animation. Congratulations to our sweet friends for successfully navigating through another year of life’s triumphs, lessons, surprises, quandaries, delights and forks in the road. That’s a homemade cake with lemon cream and chocolate icing, in case you were [...]
Posted in Events, Excerpt, Luck-ed Out | Tagged Birthday Party, Blowing Out Candles, Photo Animation
By admin on January 15, 2012
A few photographs from last evening. To start the night off right, we grabbed a few friends and headed over to Company Shops Market Co-op Grocery for dinner and a wine tasting. Justin Johnson was playing his gypsy jazz and blues live in the co-op cafe and pulled out is cool cigar box guitar made [...]
Posted in Events, Excerpt, Food, Luck-ed Out | Tagged Burlington NC, Company Shops Market, Company Shops Music Series, Cup 22 Coffee Shop, Food Truck, Gourmet Grilled Cheese, Haw River Ballroom, Highway 55 Guitars, Jo Gore and the Alternative, Justin Johnson, Lizzy Ross, Sarah Jarosz, Saxapahaw NC, The Eddy Pub, Will & Pops Food Truck
