Cocktails

Monday Miscellany: Drunken Shenanigans Edition

August 1, 2011 8 comments
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Local author Amy Stewart has become my very favorite non-fiction writer, not only because she’s so fun to read, but because her writing is so very practical in everyday life. Case in point: the other day, a mildly tipsy houseguest was about to tell me a story about banana slugs for the third time. I [...]

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The Garden Rant Cocktail Hour

November 24, 2010 4 comments
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… in which I’m proven wrong about the vileness of Pimm’s, Elizabeth of Gardening While Intoxicated tries to set fire to her newly-remodeled kitchen, and writer Amy Stewart shows off some spiffy English gardening tools from Clarington Forge (stay tuned for more on that next week!). Thanks to the ladies of Garden Rant for hosting [...]

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Monday Miscellany: Crafts, Cocktails, and Snappy Repartee

July 12, 2010 1 comment
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Summer’s here and you know what that means – summer cocktails, reading and lots of fun craft projects. At least that’s what it means to me! Gotta let the body rest from all the gardening we’ve all been doing, right? Simple Paper Flowers, DIY Birdbaths and Scanned Flower Portraits The DIY Wedding has a cool [...]

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