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Disney Fantasy

Well our friends over at Brownie Bites finally convinced us to go on our first Disney cruise! We boarded the Disney Fantasy for a 7-night Eastern Caribbean cruise in April for our 5 year anniversary. When you cruise with Disney, you will have a designated boarding time to prevent bottleneck at the port terminal. Efficiency [...]

A St. Augustine Memorial

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A LONG while ago…we took a trip down to Penney Farms, Florida to visit Kara’s grandfather. He’s 90 and doesn’t travel anymore so we brought the party to him (or lack thereof, we’re not really partiers) for Memorial Day weekend. Penney Farms is a retirement community. And it’s about 45 minutes away from Jacksonville and [...]

The Original Mast General Store

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A little while ago, we took a trip over to Blowing Rock, NC and I mentioned the Mast General store. Residents of Knoxville know now that we have our own nifty Mast store downtown on Gay Street. It’s a great all-purpose store. You know…for general stuff. Valle Crucis, NC is a hop-skip-and a jump away [...]

Quaintness – You’re doing it right

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Every year if time permits, we like to go visit my Nana in Blowing Rock. You see, Nana is awesome. She was married to my Papa for almost 40 years before he passed away back in 2002. And she still fiercely loves him and talks about him as if he hung the moon. She treats [...]