by Courtney AdkinsMy awesome husband, Ken, turned 40 on January 25th, and to celebrate the milestone, I wanted to plan an awesome party for him. Three of his favorite things in the world are bourbon, beer, and barbecue. I knew I had to procure the barbecue for...
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by Courtney AdkinsTwo weekends ago while my husband, brother, and cousin were racing the clearly insane Tough Mudder, my mom, my aunt, some of my aunt’s friends, and I participated in an endurance challenge of our own: the Round Top antique fair. Round...
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We recently decided to split a CSA with our awesome neighbors who live down the street, so now every other Thursday, a box of organic vegetables is delivered to our doorstep from Johnson’s Backyard Garden, a farm in East Austin. I think we’ve made use of...
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I’ve always been a fan of poached eggs. I love eggs benedict and have a hard time ordering anything else when I go out for a late breakfast on the weekend. We sometimes go to a great diner here in Austin called The Counter Cafe, and I do love to sit at the...
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Since we moved into our house several years ago, my husband and I have undertaken some large-scale landscaping projects with nice success; one area that has continued to be problematic, however, is the flower bed immediately in front of the house. While we’ve...
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