It always is a little frustrating to me when people complain about small towns or rural counties and it being boring. Those are the same people who think living in the city with all the people, noise and traffic, give them an edge because "there's so much culture and so much to do." I'll admit I used to be one of "those" people. I couldn't wait to get out of my home town, but I was young and a little dumb. What I am finding now that I am older, is that if you want things to do in small towns or … [Read more...]
Rebecca’s Bistro: Not Your Typical Amish Fare
As the founder of a blog that's all about weekend trips and visiting new places, I know there is something comforting about returning to places you have been before. This is true for my husband, Bobby, and me when it comes to the Amish Heartland in Holmes County, Ohio. We love to just take a car ride down to Berlin, Walnut Creek and Sugarcreek. We have places that we visit every time, mostly because we know what we like when we go there. For instance, in Sugarcreek, we always go to Swiss … [Read more...]
Wally Waffle Weally Wonderful
Summer is right around the corner, and it is already building up to be a busy one, primarily because Wendi's birthday is in June, and we went crazy this year. We did a lot of fun things (which you can read about here and here and here and here). One place we ended up was Wally Waffle in Akron. Little did we know we would arrive during some kind of Summit County stage festival, which meant we could not park by the restaurant. Instead, we had to go find a place to park on some side … [Read more...]
For Iced Coffee Lovers, Cold Brew Reigns Supreme
I love iced coffee. My first photo on Facebook in January 2009 was of me drinking an iced coffee in a Dunkin' Donuts. I grew up in Revere, Mass., just outside Boston, where people drink iced coffee like Southerners drink sweet tea. When I was a child, I remember my mother, Carmen, buying coffee syrup so we could mix it with milk. I drink iced coffee nearly every day (even in the winter). I have tried every way imaginable to make my favorite drink. I made my own coffee syrup. I used two … [Read more...]
Establishing Strong Family Roots with the ‘Greats’
When my sister, Sonni's, kids were children, my husband, Bobby, and I lived over three hours away from them. That meant we didn't get many opportunities to see them, let alone be a part of their lives. (The same is true about Bobby's sister's kids, only they were in Massachusetts, much farther away.) When Sonni's kids grew up, they moved away from Northeast Ohio, which further complicated things. Then, our oldest niece, Ashley, moved to Columbus and more recently to Lodi. While her move might be … [Read more...]
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