tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226739362012-01-27T21:51:45.575-05:00Typing live from Winston-SalemEsbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.comBlogger50811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-50807454650850476442012-01-27T15:05:00.003-05:002012-01-27T16:30:38.257-05:00

We made it almost all the way home from school before the youngest remembered that today is National Chocolate Cake Day, which event he celebrated with a vanilla cupcake with vanilla icing and a purple flower because, "chocolate isn't as tasty."

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-87393548067480776922012-01-26T23:15:00.007-05:002012-01-26T23:28:07.362-05:00

Oh, yes, the youngest in fact did do his Science Fair project about Angry Birds. And my resultant injury this go-round was astounding*. * an impalement!** ** my right foot*** *** no, not all the way thru**** **** yes, it still is considered an impalement***** ***** quite sure****** ****** yes, my tetanus is up to date******* ******* from the treatment for this self-inflicted injury

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Only thing missing is the sound of the buoys.

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Natural Science Center of Greensboro The youngest was unable to find information about the most important of all the sea creatures: the Kraken. Quite a glaring oversight.

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This sweet boy (collar but no tags) was running loose in the vicinity of Yorkshire and Shoreland, entirely too close to Silas Creek Parkway and its speed demons. Some of the fine citizens in that neighborhood took him in yesterday morning and put signs out along the 800 block of Shoreland Road for anyone who came looking for him. Alas nobody did, so please assist by rightclicking and saving

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New local etsy love is black and white and re(a)d all over, badum-bum! I love this week's items madly, and so if you feel compelled to organize your friends and neighbors and take up a collection and buy them all to give to me, I want you to follow that urge, because that urge is amazing! Let it speak to yoooooooou. Thank you for supporting local artisans!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-81099657554207301072012-01-21T11:35:00.004-05:002012-01-21T15:41:14.356-05:00

I'm fine, promise, just coming off a nutso week schedulewise* coupled with a distinct need to sleep hard a.s.a.p. every single evening. The sun would set and I would think about taking 37 seconds to blog, but then I'd think about how glorious 37 extra seconds of slumber would be, and yeah, didn't blog. All that is to say THANK YOU for all the concerned emails and texts! Enjoy this phonophoto of

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Stratford & Knollwood note to self: tell Occupational Therapist of youngest's refusal to even taste insects before announcing he won't eat them.

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ATTN: Citizens New local etsy love is up in the righthand column featuring sweet items for superheroes of all stripes! (Now if only we could convert the Hall of Justice into, you know, the Hall of Justice...) Thank you for supporting local artisans!

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Miller Street

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Our beloved Blue Ridge Ice Creams is closed for the month of January. Accordingly after the rigors of school* we headed to the nearby Mayberry instead, where this was the result when the youngest casually mentioned to the waitress that he really, really likes "those sticks that go in the ice cream". * the oldest had a four hour Algebra I midterm today. Holy mindboggle.

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hallway, WSFCS So, um, Universe? Prithee tell, where is the snow? Because, hi, I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but this whole never-gonna-stay-cold thing? Total opposite of The Bomb Dot Com, which is to say NOT COOL AT ALL.

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-51953669437601587722012-01-11T10:51:00.002-05:002012-01-12T06:59:41.672-05:00

Esbette and I had heard whispers of new tabletops at Breakfast Of Course. Accordingly we skedaddled on over to investigate. You're welcome!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-26610772525446222182012-01-10T22:00:00.004-05:002012-01-10T22:05:22.095-05:00

Or fog. (To be honest, I kinda love fog madly, the thicker the better. Pea soup? I swoon!)

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Hanes Mall Boulevard, 4:13 PM

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New local etsy love is up in the righthand column --- go peek at what your neighbors have been up to! Thank you for supporting local artisans!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-74639286602683155212012-01-07T23:11:00.002-05:002012-01-07T23:34:59.484-05:00

Fifth Street not shown: Just to the right of me: my oldest, my funny, so tall, still growing teenager, who beautifully represented the Robotics program and then played a djembe onstage at the WS/FCS Magnet Fair while I beamed from the edge of the room. I resisted the urge to hug him publicly but only just barely.

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-25248983827831381782012-01-05T23:20:00.006-05:002012-01-06T07:19:27.855-05:00

The youngest and I went to the Reynolda Manor branch library today so he could get his first library card. He promptly found two history books he wanted, and after he checked them out, we headed out to find the most bee-YOO-tiful car pulling up. Whitewalls! Running boards! A gorgeous, aerodynamic goddess hood ornament! Even better was the gentleman driving it, who kindly invited the youngest to

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-14099544569998404602012-01-05T08:00:00.003-05:002012-01-05T08:00:08.464-05:00

Slow Food PiedmontandOld Salem Museum & Gardensinvite you toThe Annual Seed SwapSaturday, January 14, 201210 AMSingle Brothers’ Workshop, 10 W. Academy Street First time growers, experienced gardeners and all who are interested are invited to come and swap seeds, handy tips, and bits of garden wisdom.  There will be a pot-luck lunch; participants are asked to bring something to share, perhaps

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Central Library Dear Loring, E., I adore the way the spines of your books look. So neat, so bright, so colorblocky! Love, me

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The traditional gift for this anniversary is ivory. Instead we chose lunch à deux at Village Tavern, where we admired each other's rings and each other's plates. Salmon with a pesto cream sauce? I do!

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Forsyth County Public Library presents Mary Ruth Dobbins author of Miss Dorminy Speaking: Highlights of My Life Sunday, January 8th at 2 PM Central Library Auditorium Jacqueline Dorminy was one of Winston-Salem's most prominent citizens as well as the owner and director of the Dorminy Dance Studios which she started in 1932 and through which many generations of local children learned various

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After I spent the entire day trying to make even nominal sense of what our new health insurance plan covers, I took the youngest and The Chosen Dog* for a walk in the pitch black that passes for 6 PM these days. * Only one dog gets to pull me around vigorously at a time. I'm a fiend about being fair and alternating which dog enjoys that honor, but still I suspect whichever pup is left behind

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-88651777472189379932012-01-01T17:10:00.001-05:002012-01-01T17:14:24.479-05:00

window of Kinnaman's, South Stratford Road Less known non-local fact: a goodly number of the taxidermied specimens in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History's collection were shot collected by Teddy Roosevelt. For reals! utterly unrelated: new local etsy love went up in the rightand column today, and this week's items are bliss-de-bliss-bliss. Thank you for supporting local artisans!

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Eve. Because the New Year starts on a Sunday this year and I love it when the Universe is organized so neatly, I have taken this as a sign to make resolutions, something I indulge in roughly once every five years. Oh, and FYI I like my years to have themes. Accordingly, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you... 2012: The Year of Less 1. Be indoors less2. Spend less3. Eat less quickie food(3a.

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-63502837820139796982011-12-29T17:55:00.007-05:002011-12-29T18:00:42.173-05:00

We are deep in the throes of Science Fair madness chez nous. In some local households, that would qualify as a trifling matter to mention, on a par with "We're eating breakfast again today." Those are the households where the parents are scientists. Or doctors. Engineers. Alas my poor boys are reliant on the assistance of yours truly --- unqualified, head-in-the-clouds, user of words like

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-59817604877680927352011-12-27T20:05:00.003-05:002011-12-27T20:06:45.575-05:00

CompRehab

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1. New local etsy love went up in the righthand column late on Christmas and will now be rotated on Sundays rather than Saturdays. Thank you for supporting local artisans! 2. Of course it didn't snow for Christmas morning. The Universe is well aware that I didn't leave town this year. 3. Little factoid: if we want to stay the City of the Arts, we're going to need to support the arts, so please

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-26997179411130197952011-12-25T19:00:00.009-05:002011-12-25T22:10:27.637-05:00

NASASomewhere in the world tonight, a small child with a fear of the dark is sleeping in the dark. Somewhere in the world tonight, a family is embracing a foster child fiercely and wholeheartedly. Somewhere in the world tonight, a man who woke up married is going to bed a widower. Somewhere in the world tonight, a woman is giving birth to a baby she knows she cannot keep. Somewhere in the

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The Carolina Chamber Symphony PlayersandOld Salem Museums & GardenpresentsPeter and the WolfThursday, December 29th11 AM & 1 PMJames A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium, Old Salem Visitor Center Peter and the Wolf will be narrated by Lesley Hunt with music performed by the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players’ Wind Quintet and Percussion. Each character in Peter and the Wolf has a particular instrument and

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-59398588214555379032011-12-21T10:25:00.001-05:002011-12-21T10:27:48.012-05:00

On a happy note, you get seen really quickly when you go early in the morning. We're home, none the worse for wear* except at my age I look exceptionally haggish when I'm sleep-deprived. Look away, my friend, look away! * this again

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-20709171436215445812011-12-19T22:30:00.006-05:002011-12-19T22:39:16.280-05:00

No. Just no.

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Lowes Foods, Sherwood Plaza I love bulletin boards. My sons however loathe them, because when I see one, I briefly stop to scan it. Apparently our community standing relies on maintaining a forward trajectory when passing one, because both boys immediately become indignant beyond measure, as if I'm imperiling their very dignity by acting like a bonafide crazy person. One of these days I'm not

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-75244992568005218832011-12-17T22:30:00.003-05:002011-12-17T22:30:54.839-05:00

Dollar Tree, Cloverdale New local etsy love went up in the righthand column today, and while the items are slightly less multi-hued, they are ridiculously fun -- go take a look! Thank you for supporting local artisans!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-31716217619868991502011-12-16T23:55:00.001-05:002011-12-17T00:11:05.057-05:00

Hanes Mall Boulevard, 5:32 PM I adore seeing holiday character hats all over town. There's a house on the corner of Reynolda and Arbor that has a number of sculptures behind it, visible as you drive down Arbor. Sometime in the last week or so, elf hats went on the figures in the largest, most central sculpture. Makes me smile every time I drive by.

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-50216433681621301672011-12-15T06:45:00.003-05:002011-12-15T06:54:48.631-05:00

First person to say where I was standing when I took this phonophoto wins sunlight and moonbeams plus the sweet smell of victory and a resounding round of applause from me as I sit at my computer. PRIZE CITY, BABY!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-30394382728199290582011-12-14T11:45:00.003-05:002011-12-14T18:46:44.457-05:00

See? That's me, not dead. I'm still here, but goodness, the Christmas shenanigans are in full swing. I tend toward doing too much, probably to keep my mind busy, for this is the time of year my mother died. December 29th will be 9 years, and so the joyfulness of the season and the sorrow of that loss are all tangled up together. Some years are better than others, and I've no idea quite why. This

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-19558388010850523172011-12-10T22:45:00.000-05:002011-12-10T22:45:51.011-05:00

I spent all day at Forsyth Tech, West Campus, where the oldest was participating in a Lego Robotics competition. His school's team did not win one of the above trophies today. (car ride home) me: Well? Did you have fun? him: Yeah, but I'm really tired. me: So was it worth it? Even if your team didn't win? him: Oh, totally. Can you buy me like 3 pizzas? me: Um, no. - fin -

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-28610936174433670882011-12-10T07:10:00.008-05:002011-12-10T22:30:44.144-05:00

Those crayons always left me in a state of befuddlement as a child, the combo colors. Was green-blue meant to be green with blue tones or a greenish blue?  And what was with having blue-green in the box, too... What kind of cruel mind trick was that? Then when the "Your chocolate is in my peanut butter!,", "Your peanut butter is in my chocolate!" commercial would come on the TeeVee, my head would

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-44734605292823439462011-12-09T10:00:00.000-05:002011-12-09T10:00:05.227-05:00

I received an e-mail question from longtime Life In Forsyth reader AT about rose bush pruning and I thought I'd share it for those interested in thorny issues. Hi Doug! I have a quick question about rose bushes. My daughters and I planted a knockout rose bush at our house in Wilson in '06 on the one year anniversary of my mother's death. It's a special rose bush. When we moved to W-S, in Nov of

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Piedmont Craftsmen invites you to a demonstration of Nuno Felting with Fiber Artist Rachel Nicholson in the gallery 601 N. Trade Street  Winston-Salem Thursday, December 15th 6-7 PM The latest new felt process, Nuno felting melds silk fabric and merino wool fleece together to make a new product. Soap and hot water are combined with the silk and fleece, then massaged until the small fibers

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If you ever want to annoy the living tar out of your middle schooler, wait until he's standing at the Lowes Foods Wing Bar, then start singing "Price Tag" with lyric modifications. But be forewarned: he will return the favor by accompanying you down every aisle beatboxing. Badly.

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-18741145959751537912011-12-07T20:00:00.005-05:002011-12-07T21:23:58.547-05:00

Sunset today? With those rolling, glowing clouds? And that luminosity to end all luminosity? GLOR-REE-YUSSSS. Even the middle-schooler was impressed. (I believe his exact words were, "Whoa. Cool." I concur.)

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-76390238994643158862011-12-06T16:22:00.005-05:002011-12-06T17:54:23.518-05:00

It may not be an original idea, but this lavender tree sweater on Trade near Sixth is the first one I've seen in these parts. (And a nice contrast to the lot for sale behind our house which is being pretty much completely de-treed as I type. Enormous oaks, no less. Sigh.) Kudos to our local tree knitter!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-75989801173028411962011-12-05T11:55:00.003-05:002011-12-06T17:52:31.730-05:00

Esbette changed her hair color but not her taste in restaurants, thankfully. Breakfast Of Course for the win!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-56922673468718718572011-12-04T21:45:00.003-05:002011-12-04T21:51:08.674-05:00

This wee tableau was waiting on the counter for me when I got home tonight. Orshka borshka!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-22559450041695393762011-12-03T21:55:00.000-05:002011-12-03T21:55:18.711-05:00

New local etsy love is up in the righthand column, and if you've ever wondered about the color scheme of my kitchen, tada! Thank you for supporting local artisans!

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-35193776433272071232011-12-02T19:00:00.004-05:002011-12-02T23:46:13.281-05:00

So here's where I am right now: When we selected the oldest's middle school almost two years ago, we intentionally chose one that demographically felt more like the real world than his elementary. (We also chose the one that offered the International Baccalaureate, because if you want to talk bang for your tax dollar buck, wow is the IB it.) This year I took over all responsibility for the

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-33021568677026676952011-12-01T21:30:00.002-05:002011-12-01T21:34:22.189-05:00

Blue Ridge Ice Creams This particular ice cream 'stache is Mexican Vanilla*, but may I suggest the Dark Chocolate? Because frankly it's the bomb-diggity-dig-dug. *The youngest just read over my shoulder and is rather outraged. He hereby declares that Mexican Vanilla is "the nuke, because it's more fearsome than the regular bomb." (So for all your really massive destructive dessert needs then, go

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-63252800147434317612011-11-30T21:40:00.001-05:002011-11-30T21:42:26.723-05:00

??? Tell me where and win nothing but shameless glory, my friend.

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SciWorks Annual Holiday Open House!Friday, December 9th4-8pm Join us for a "warm and toasty" evening at SciWorks! Santa promised to stop by! Holiday laser shows in the Planetarium, make an ornament for SciWorks' tree - and make one to take home! Take a stroll to the barnyard on the path lit with luminaries! (Barnyard open until 7pm.) Enjoy live holiday music with the Winston-Salem Suzuki Guitar

Esbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714611053885993657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22673936.post-2506427326963502002011-11-29T22:05:00.003-05:002011-11-29T22:09:02.343-05:00

sunset, day before yesterday NOW it feels like November. (But only since mid this morning.)

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Thruway, 4:21 PM I cannot see a tiki without smiling. Or singing the chorus to the tiki tiki tiki room song.

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Hanes Mall Boulevard, 8:37 PM Unrelated but equally exciting: new local etsy love went up in the righthand column today --- go see what your local cohorts have been busy making! Thank you for supporting local artisans!

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9:43 AM yesterday Yesterday the youngest woke up with a wild hair to visit the Children's Museum, which I had sort of written off as a place he'd outgrown. And certainly many of the exhibits he absolutely had, but others he embraced exuberantly in his own way. I'm fairly certain, for example, that the other children present had not seen Greek myths staged in the puppet theatre before, and, if

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We did the turkey, etc. We even played a family game of scrabble at the table after eating. But hooie, as soon as the plates were in the dishrack, I broke out the Christmas goodness. My tree* is up, my mantle is decorated, and there's not a flat surface in my very green living room that hasn't been holidayed. Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! * a fake one. The youngest won't let us buy a real tree

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500 block of Trade, 5:17 PM

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11:17 AM Today I accompanied 200-someodd seventh graders to Discovery Place, and now I completely understand my Salsa's frantic and compulsive need to herd.

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Oakwood Drive, 4:47 PM I made it through another week without hanging even decoration one, thanks to (1) a schedule that required me to bend the time-space continuum multiple times, (2) a fear that all my dead rellies would come back to thump me upside the head for holiday impropriety, and (3) several scathing voicemails from MPB about respect for turkeys and American decency and such. And so I

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Lowes Foods, Sherwood Plaza Equally lovely: the new local etsy love that went up in the righthand column earlier today. Thank you for supporting local artisans (and poinsettia growers)!

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Spruce Street, 9:03 PM  I had the great joy of attending No Rules Theatre Company*'s pre-opening performance of The Last Five Years at the HaneBrands Theatre tonight. If you haven't made plans to go see it, do so now, because it's wild. The songs detail a couple's failed relationship with the story told on a forward trajectory through the gentleman's songs and on a reverse trajectory through the

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So... it's about the leaves. Yes, those leaves. You see, every year we go through this. E-v-e-r-y year. The leaves turn pretty colors, then they fall, then you freak out that your lawn will suffocate and rake them all into the street. STOP IT. I know you think your property value will plummet if the front strip of your lawn doesn't see light for so long that it turns brown, but friend, I am

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500 block Trade Street, 4:12 PM

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That was how the oldest said biscuits when he was little: bissits. He also enjoyed pisghetti, apools, and yoyurt. We spoke in a bizarre alter-language in restaurants, tormenting the waitstaffs I'm certain. More wawa, honey? Ooh, look at the pretty green peases! It was like dining with Muppets. Nathalie Dupree, authoress of a whole bunch of Southern cooking and hospitality books and a

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(TJ Maxx, late this afternoon) "...Mom, why are we here?" "Just five minutes. A walk through to make sure I don't miss something." "Mom." "Mhm." "There is nothing here." "Ptuh. You just don't... OK, listen, stop distracting me or it will take six minutes." "Mom." "Stop.""Mom." "Stop.""No, Mom. Seriously." "What?" "Hahaha. This." "HAHAHAHA." "HAHAHA, MOM." "HAHAHAHAHA." "

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The Meal Pattern Timeline: Viewing Eating Within the Context of Daily Lifea Science CaféwithMargaret Savoca, PhD Thursday, November 17th7 PM Buena Vista Grille109 South Stratford Road, Winston-Salem Through her work on community-based interventions to prevent hypertension among young African Americans, Dr. Savoca has developed an approach to understanding diet through the construction of

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2:56 PM

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The Grand, University Boulevard Puss in Boots wasn't nearly as horrible as I feared and in fact was actually quite decent.

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Success! I made it another whole weekend without putting even one Christmas decoration up in my house! WILLPOWAH! SO STRONG! CHECK IT! (I'm doing bodybuilder poses here.) So anyway, new local etsy love is up in the righthand column featuring items in red and green, because hi, my willpower has limitations. Thank you for supporting local artisans!

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Lucy Cash (b. 1971) Dining out with Middle Schoolers, 2011 phonophoto part of the Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Your Mother collection, 2010 - present

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spotted at Ed McKay I feel you, Lionel. But about me, obvs. Because the days, these Muesdays and Frursdays especially, have my head a-spinning, my leetle brainsies a-churning. And holy wow, do I miss being on top (ish) of things. So I am there, Lionel. I. Feel. You.

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I am resisting the urge to deck the halls, fa-la-la, only by creating and amassing items with which to decorate the halls on the day my willpower finally breaks, for when it does it shall be a veritable fest of greenery and snowglobes and light strands and holiday objets. Including but not limited to pomanders.

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Central Library

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Yay, Dewey's!

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You are invitedtoShare Your Visionfor theNew Central LibraryTuesday, November 15th, 6 PMCentral Library Auditorium660 West Fifth Last November Forsyth County voters overwhelmingly approved a bond referendum to build a new Central Library and replace existing branches in Kernersville and Clemmons. The Forsyth County Public Library will host four planned community meetings to gather public input

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Every time the gardener comes he or one of the gentlemen who work for him uses one of those awful, noisy blowers to clean off all the walkways and the driveway. And every time I think about stopping it but decide not to, because I know an hour later the path will look like this again, and thank goodness -- this is how I much prefer it.

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This morning the youngest said he wanted to go outside and take a walk in the backyard. I suggested he dress with the weather in mind. Well, then.

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New local etsy love is up in the righthand column featuring fabulous items in a rainbowish palette. Start your holiday shopping early and colorfully! Thank you for supporting local artisans!

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Pine Valley, 5:06 PM

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West End Boulevard, Hanes Park

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Marshall's, Silas Creek Crossing Last year I barely decorated the house since we were traveling over the holidays, and I think that's why this year I am chomping at the bit, raring to get going on interior household Christmasification. YES, I KNOW THANKSGIVING COMES FIRST. I DON'T CARE. STAND BACK OR PREPARE TO BE GLITTERED.

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This is what I have decided today is: Muesday, a Tuesday that feels like a Monday. What's in the white bag? The substitute for the lunch I failed to pack for myself this morning, because I was confused by the Muesdayness of it all.This very much makes me want to simplify, this startled, taken unawares Muesday feeling. So yes to the Taste of the Holidays Sampling Event this Friday and Saturday!

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This morning the youngest and I toodled over to Greensboro to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the Natural Science Center of Greensboro. Not gonna lie: it was pretty much amazing, and I'm not even a Titanic person. (The youngest, though? Wowsers, is he a Titanic, and other tragic shipwrecks, person.) On an unrelated note, GERMALIAN BLACK & TAN PYGMY GOAT!!! I want one.

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It unnerves me to no end to be in a bookstore and see a book category with which I am wholly unfamiliar. I mean, I may not read Manga, but I know what it is, at least. This "Steampunk Fiction"? Not the vaguest, my friends.

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Literally just yesterday I was Seussing it up with a group of friends who have kids roughly the same age as my own. Someone told a funny story, made funnier by the wording which sounded sort of Seussish, and someone else quickly remarked on that. Then I shared that when my husband is full-bore exhausted, he sometimes quotes Seuss, specifically, "Dad is sad. Very, very sad. He had a bad day. What

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This week's local etsy love showcases fabulous finds featuring coral pink! (It's chilly out; I'm hoping a Palm Beach-y color scheme will warm me up. Failing that, I'm putting the flannel sheets on the beds today.) Thank you for supporting local artisans!

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Jackson's Music WATER. MELON. UKE. To say I am madly a-swoon is a gross understatement. I am undulant. Someone catch me!

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As expected, the youngest chose vanilla bean with exactly zero toppings.

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Y'all! EASTON WON! (this) And if I had glitter, I'd throw that at this post, too.

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Helpful hint: peppermint stick ice cream goes beautifully with hot fudge. Shocking but true!

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West End Boulevard I used to do this when I lived in a rather... "limited"* space in DC. Short on both art and square footage, I left but one chair on the floor for myself and hung the other two I owned on the walls to moonlight as decorations until friends stopped by. *Apartment hunting in DC back then required an actual newspaper, and one quickly learned to read between the lines. "Darling"

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I've decided CompRehab is THE place to spot cool old cars.

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Today was amazing. Simply amazing. And to be perfectly frank, we've needed it. Generally I'm pretty upbeat,  but the last few weeks have been very, very hard for the youngest. Consequently for me, too, but whatever I feel is a mere fraction of what he faces. My baby is extraordinarily brave*, y'all. Then today came and everything not only went well, we had what were like unexpected bonuses from

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The puppy organizer strikes again! (It being Halloween costume season, obviously I'm living here this month.)

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A weekend retrospective in phonophotos, if you will... First, a note: this October has been glorious. So much so that if it doesn't end soon, I'm going to fall over dead from exhaustion. I can't justify a day spent at home in my pjs being sluggy when it's this pretty out. And frankly my modus operandi is to oscillate between GO HERE! NOW HERE! NOW THERE! and  Hey! It's cold and rainy! Let's not

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New local etsy love is up in the righthand column, and this week's items are a jubilee of green! This fall has been BEE-YOO-TEE-FULL, and so I am shying away from items in shades of orange and brown and gold right now, because they just cannot compete with the glories that are my maples. Thank you for supporting local artisans!

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Easton Elementary School is currently a finalist in a national recycling contest! Yay, Easton! Students and parents designed an uber-adorable recycling box that looks like a giant taco (squeeeee!) to collect tortilla and tostada bags for recycling. Easton is one of ten finalists in the nation. To win Easton needs votes; however Easton families have approximately a 2% internet access rate, and

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WFUBMC Usually I loathe the long waits endemic to medical offices, that simultaneously helpless and maddening sensation that I am the only person to whom time matters. But with this book inhand, I've actually been gleeful to be left to myself the last ten or so days. Yay, books!

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Stratford Road Ultimately we left empty-handed, the oldest already possessing a headful of awesomely fun hair.

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