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Ice Box Fruit Cake is the misunderstood, bullied and judged member of the dessert family!

This recipe is so easy, so quick and so amazing! I got this recipe from Ina Garten and it’s quickly become a favorite for my real estate...

This drink is completely surprising! My wife was skeptical till I made her this concoction and she fell in love. The amaretto sidecar...

Below are mine and my wife’s favorite gift ideas for 2022 from a few dollars to a few hundreds for everyone on your Christmas list....

Christmas time is the season that is filled with so many of our favorite things from movies we watch every year to goodies we only cook...

One of my wife’s favorite things is the blackberry cobbler from a restaurant called the Purple Onion in Saluda, North Carolina. Now I’m...

Imagine my surprise when I found that aside from an amazing architect and history the hotel also is the birthplace of the Tequila Sunrise.

Summer and it’s bounty all in one bite? It has to be these grilled peaches that I developed for my real estate business’s wine dinners. This

You seem to see succulents everywhere these days! These fantastic plants are finding their ways onto wedding cakes and just about every...

I’ve always loved to garden. One of my first memories is putting a tomato plant in the ground for my father. When I was 14 years old a...

I didn’t have many ingredients at hand but I had strawberries, spinach and some nuts in the pantry. You are what you eat so…

Now when we travel for three or four weeks on a road trip we schedule rest days in advance. If you think about it in your normal life…

Few foods can I say are life changing but this recipe might just be one. My wife and I love risotto, the Italian comfort food…

Two of our dear family friends, who’s grandparents were originally from Norway, brought these delicious but very easy and amazingly...

The much anticipated Boots and Bow Ties 2021 Christmas Gift Guide and Favorite Things List has arrived to help you get in the holiday spirit

I’m sure I’m known as the crazy neighbor around the neighborhood because I can always be seen digging in the fields in the ditches for...

Add to cocktail shaker with ice along with a garnish of raspberries and you have a cocktail that will send you to Heaven not Hades!

My family loves potato soup but I'm always looking for a way to get more greens into our diet. This recipe is a mixture of two others and...

Our family hosted some great family friends for a pool day. We all wanted a drink that was sweet but not too sweet, alcoholic but not...

Everyone’s yard needs the evergreens to form bones and structure of the garden during the winter months. What is my favorite Evergreen...