We're fans of illustrator Taro Gomi's work (Bus Stops, Everybody Poops) but lately we've been getting super into his doodle books with their charming open-ended illustrations that are prompts for kids to tell stories through their own works of art. Right now we're working our way through his Story Doodles book (the thick-paper pages are meant to double as place mats) but there...
Would it surprise you to learn that one of the prettiest and remote beaches in the HRVA area is just a few minutes from Downtown Hampton? Grandview Nature Preserve starts out with a walk down a gravel path that begins in a neighborhood but by the time you reach the beach, a half mile away, you have left it all behind. The two-mile...
Well, we didn't get a whole lot of snow this past weekend, but we made up for it by sledding a lot in the little bit we did get, drinking lots of hot chocolate and making some of the paper-type snowflakes to hang around our house. After a few dozen we decided to get creative and made some snowflakes out of our names!...
Arts Watching The Martian Watching Jessica Jones Listening to Dan Zanes Christmas in Concord (mine and Anouk's fave Christmas album ever) Visiting the Children's Museum of Richmond Reading We That Are Left Food Korean BBQ at Asahi for my 34th! birthday Mexican chicken chowder (from the Against All Grain cookbook) "Postpartum" veggie and barley soup that was enjoyed by all (recipe here). Vasilopita (traditional...
One of our best holiday memories from this past Christmas season was the Yule Log lighting at the Adam Thoroughgood House. We got roasted marshmallows, carols, crafts and all the history of colonial Williamsburg, right in the heart of Virginia Beach. So good. The Thoroughgood House was built in the early 18th century, and belonged to the family of Adam Thoroughgood, who settled...
Every year we rent a house and spend New Years with friends -- lots of eating, some drinking, talking, and tons of board games. This year the board game that dominated was SO GOOD that I have to share it. My friend A. bought it as a gift to give to a preteen relative but we broke it out and now I don't...
We started off the new year by looking back -- way back -- with a walk along Fossil Beach at York River State Park. The park itself is gorgeous and home to some of the only "real" hiking in the Hampton Roads area, and well worth a visit just for the scenery, but an added draw is the cliffs along the York River...
