I’m back! Wow! what a fun weekend we had with the girls. Now I’m cleaning the house after the flurry of activity. On Saturday morning my brother Phillip dropped my darling daughter Andie off at our place for the weekend. He was spending the weekend with my other brother, Terry, who only lives a…
Hello Friends! Happy Sunday. We made yet another fun-filled trip to Menards to get some stuff for working on the house and painting. I do not love this part of the process. I will be happy to have everything done. It really has been a wonderful weekend so far though. My daughter Andrea came into…
seeing ~THIS movie in the theater today… Daniel Craig is the best bond since Connery, just sayin’… candlelight on our front porch for date night… and bittersweet growing like mad among the climbing rose bushes, pine trees and grapevines out in our back yard. feeling ~ close to completing my latest yarn expedition and eager…
a beautiful first day of our autumn adventure. tea for two from Dunn Brothers… lunch at Pizza Luce in Duluth (pizza shown here: The Classic with extra garlic), and finally settling into our suite on lake superior’s north shore…sipping wine…sitting fireside…relaxing and reconnecting. XO, ~Melissa
~ ~ ~ what came home with me ~ ~ ~ The beginning of our week-long anniversary celebration started with a day trip on Wisconsin’s Great River Road. When we crossed the bridge that leads from Minnesota to Wisconsin, the sky was dappled grey, and the sun kept trying to peek out from behind the…
tasting: more tomato jam on a blufftop picnic with my friend Clare… watermelon rind pickles minnesota montrachet with the aforementioned tomato jam… wine… and at the Cheesecake Factory with Jeff and Gracie… ahi carpaccio baja fish tacos pepperoni pizza fish ‘n chips mai tai… Reese’s Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake! more wine and Dove raspberry & dark…
Hello friends! Back from another tearoom photo shoot and dinner at the Olive Garden afterwards. It was a beautiful, exciting day but now I’m really looking forward to a relaxing evening on the deck with my family. Now that we’ve turned the calender page from August to September, I’ll be featuring more red wines! Jack’s…
We were trying to figure out a good place to go to dinner last night where we could sit outside. There are a few places in Red Wing, but in the end we decided to pack a picnic and head to the riverside. We stopped at the market and picked up a rotisserie chicken, French…
hearing : my favorite… Vampire Weekend. Awesome for a little road trip, sunning on the sand at the beach, lounging in the hammock, background cooking music…well, everything actually. I love them. feeling :: happy to see Mike, Robin, Emily, Noah and Greg today… and also happy to now be back home for the evening, sharing…
~ coppola bianco ~ Hello Lovelies! A big, exciting weekend ahead. We’re headed to my friend’s tearoom in Hutchinson Minnesota for a very special magazine photo shoot! Tonight we decided to just take it easy, sip some wine, and enjoy the perfect weather in the Mississippi river valley. How are you enjoying summer so far?…