"I'm making the Italian dish," my brother-in-law Shaun Vahl informed Wendi and me this year. I am the third generation on my mother's side to be born in the United States. Every holiday in an Italian household includes all the traditional foods you would get here, plus the Italian dishes. "Will I like it," I replied, and Shaun assured me I would. Italian cooking covers a wide spectrum of flavors and ingredients, and I am more partial to the Southern Italy dishes than the Northern Italy … [Read more...]
Top Posts from 2016 on Wendi’s Weekend Trips & Whatnot
Did you have a good New Year's Eve and New Year's Day? We hope your 2017 is better than 2016. For Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot, 2016 was a time of growth and a time of challenge. Last year marked the first full year of the blog. Wendi started it in late July 2015, so from January-August 2015, there is not much to compare. However, where we can compare 2016 was better than 2015, except for December 2015, which was an anomaly for this blog (more on that later). Where we faced challenges was … [Read more...]
A 40-year Brumance with @Springsteen
This is about a Brumance. As a freshman at Ohio University in 1978, walking down the dorm hall, I heard it. A guitar rip that stopped me in my tracks. My RA’s door was open. I asked, “Who’s that?” It was Bruce Springsteen, and it was Born to Run. It was the album, but more importantly to my music future, it was “Born to Run,” the song. I’d heard of him, but didn’t know him. I do now, nearly 40 years later, at least as much as a fan can know someone she’s never met. I’ve … [Read more...]
Will You Recognize This Blog After the New Year?
When Wendi started her blog in July 2015 after we returned from a trip to Niagara Falls, she came up with a title for a blog: Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot. She had been thinking about starting a blog (and I encouraged her strongly to start one) for years, but she never could settle in on what the blog should be about. Until that trip. Everything clicked. For the past 18 months, the blog pretty much kept the same look, the same style, the same kinds of posts. But, now, things are changing. … [Read more...]
It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas
My husband, Bobby, and I don't have any children. We have four cats and one dog. (If you've even read my blog just a little bit, you will have met Owney, our dog. He's a regular guest writer for Wendi's Weekend Trips and Whatnot.) I say that to let you know that I've never experienced the staying up most of the night to assemble this or that toy. I've never been awaken from sleep during the wee hours of the morning to see what Santa left under the tree. I've never had to listen to an obnoxious … [Read more...]
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