We are back with our last and final day of Shop VT 2013. It has been so much fun sharing all of these amazing local businesses with you all and we hope you have found some great gift ideas for...
  Fall, for many reasons, is my favorite season of the year. Not only is it a time for family, food, and festivities, but a time of reflection, thoughtfulness, and gratitude as we look toward the New Year and celebrate...
Turkey Chili Stuffed Delicata Squash Mummies With Halloween just gone by, and Thanksgiving coming, these stuffed squash mummies are a fun way to celebrate the fall harvest with a festive family dinner. Ground turkey, beans, and veggies make this a...
Come Join our team for a spectacular Ugly Sweater Party! This is a holiday party just for the adults! You can make it a Date Night or a Ladies' Night Out or whatever, just join us for this Ugly Sweater Party...
My husband likes things spicy…his food that is!  So I thought I’d step out of my recipe comfort zone and spice things up a bit for Valentine’s Day. Below are my 3 favorite recipes for a tasty Thai feast: 1.      Thai...
Here’s to a new year, a new decade, and a new beginning. Each year seems to go by faster and faster. There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day for daily tasks, nor enough days in the...
Valentine’s Day. It’s a day for love and romance. A day for kisses and hugs, and wearing your heart on your sleeve. It’s a day when people to give big bouquets of flowers and giant boxes of chocolates to...
With the holidays here in full swing, Jason, my husband, and I have had several conversations of new traditions we want to start with our 9 month old daughter, Caroline. For Thanksgiving, we took a huge leap and invited...
The school year is in full swing and the holidays are just around the corner. Now is the time we, as parents and caregivers, have started thinking of how to thank our children’s teachers and show our gratitude for...

Thanksgivukah?!?

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The holiday buzz this year is around the convergence of two holidays - Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. This won't take place again for another 79,000 years! On Thursday November 28, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah overlap for the first time since 1888. ...
Well, the season of holiday fails is upon us, friends. The pressure to cook, create, and concoct amidst time constraints and cranky in-laws apparently is a real-life recipe for disaster. This month, I gathered our writers’ best stories of holidays...
It's day 2 of our local holiday gift guide, Shop VT 2013, and today we are bringing you gifts for the expectant mom and babies, gifts for kids, and gifts for the family, and the chance to win them...
Chanukah 2021 is here (AKA: Our second COVID Chanukah)! At least this time we can actually have socially supported gatherings. Phew.  I don’t know about you, but I am really looking forward to adding more light into this world during...
Between work, two kids, trying to be an attentive wife and wanna-be Suzie Homemaker, I find myself taking pictures to keep my life in focus. Luckily for you, I’m the sharing type. Happy (belated) Valentine's Day! Usually, Valentine's Day is...

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The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families

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Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...