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What? No corkscrew? You’ve got to be kidding me.
This past week was February school vacation for Massachusetts. This means that its obli-cation time for the Mudpie family. A blizzard kept us from making our annual holiday sojourn to the South this...
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Stresa Italy
Stresa Italy sits on the edge of Lake Maggiore close to the Switzerland/Italian border. We were lucky enough to have lunch at this quaint quiet restaurant. We were served multiple bottles of this wine....
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Domaine Terre de Mistral
My last post about my trip. Promise. While in the Provence region of France we were lucky enough to get to visit Domaine Terre de Mistral for a tour and tasting. I was so excited about this. The...
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The Gluten-Free Vegan Pizza Project + Syrah!
Pizza is a regular Friday night thing around here. The kids call it pizza-and-movie night. We call it time-for-Mama-to-open-some-wine-and-eat-some-carbs-night. OK, maybe that’s just me. Anyway, at the...
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The Report from Sonoma County, Part 1
Snapshot of a weekend: sippy cup, Dostoevsky, chocolate and pinot! Drunk Mama here, reporting from beautiful Sebastopol, CA. We came up on Sunday afternoon, for our annual visit with my brother-in-law...
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The Report from Sonoma County, Part 2: Littorai Wines
As I wrote earlier, my lovely sister-in-law, Lisa, had mentioned to the WAF crew during last year’s Sonoma adventure that she knew someone who owned a biodynamic winery in Sebastopol. We weren’t able...
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Friday night is pizza night
Drunk Mama has mentioned before that Friday night’s are pizza-and-movie nights around these parts. Well it is true for myself and Mouse Trap too. Mudpie and Drunk Mama (heck Sober Dad too) make some...
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A week for the soul
I am not having a great week. Boo to the cold inside my head. I was starting to feel sorry for myself when I remembered the incredible week I had last week. (See also why I haven’t posted in two...
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Heading into Port
It was 12 degrees yesterday morning. The “feel temp” was like zero or subarctic. I don’t care really since it isn’t snowing. That is my favorite weather forecast. All I would need to do is turn on...
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Gran Sasso is Sassy
Mr. Trap and I spent the end of 2011 having a lovely dinner at this blog’s favorite restaurant Hungry Mother. I hadn’t been there in over a year! How did that happen? Time really is flying by. We...
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