Snug on the Square is one of my favorite Dallas area coffee shops. Located in the Historic District of McKinney, Texas, Snug is a good 45 minute drive for us but totally worth it. We stumbled upon it after our TreeHouse Adventure in the fall of 2015.Snug on the Square expanded last year into ...
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Mrs. Wilson’s Restorations
What do you need when you start a blog? 1) an idea...check, 2) a plan...check, 3) a computer...check, and 4) a NEW DESK!I've been talking about getting a new desk for a long time now. But nothing struck my fancy. Everything I saw was too "office-y". I can't have an office desk for my blogging ...
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Girlfriends Trip to Magnolia Market at the Silos
You can't go into a home decorating store these days without seeing something about the Magnolia style of decor. Call it Chip and Joanna style, Fixer Upper decor, or even the popular hashtags...#demoday, #fixerupper, #silos, #farmhouse and so on.If you have no idea what I'm talking about, switch ...
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How to spend five days in San Francisco
Our San Francisco trip in June of 2014 was the perfect get-away to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. We stayed at the The Palace, a landmark historic hotel located at the SW corner of Market and New Montgomery streets. It's also referred to as the "New" Palace Hotel to distinguish it from the ...
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Homemade Pesto Sauce
I originally published this Homemade Pesto Sauce recipe in early September of 2016, before my blog became live. It was actually my first ever recipe and I had no idea what I was doing (in many ways). Five months later, and about 20 pesto sauce batches later, I'm ready to re-post it. By the way, the ...
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