Fool Proof Turkey and Stuffing: A Special Holiday Bright Side

My first year of marriage, I cooked my first Thanksgiving Feast!  My husband and my brother-in-law Brett were my culinary advisers as I set out to single-handedly cook the entire Thanksgiving meal.
On a whim, I discovered the secret to Thanksgiving Turkey success.  I was google searching turkey tricks and techniques when I came across a [...]

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A Splash of Brightness at My Living Canvas

I have finally come to grips with a reality I have long fought to admit:  I can only keep up with one blog!
If I didn’t have a full-time job I might be able to better manage my multi-tasking blogging capabilities but I confess that for now this blog will have to be it.  It [...]

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Staycation: Eating Out in Northern Virginia on Labor Day Weekend

Part of the fun of the staycation is discovering new places to eat right in your own hometown. For husband and me, we hit the town on Saturday night of our Labor Day staycation and found our new favorite restaurant in Arlington: Eventide
Located on the Wilson Blvd strip in the heart of Clarendon, [...]

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The Bright Side of Inconvenience

What could possibly be bright about Inconvenience? Well, today I have two things….
Earlier this week we discovered that our home refrigerator was no longer working. A pretty decent sized inconvenience, right? Well, the bright side of the refrigerator not working is obviously getting a new frige:) but the real bright side has [...]

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The Bright Side of being a Foodie: Restaurant Week!

[Repost from my Daily Bright Side blog}
On recently I had a friendship date with my dear friend and fellow UU alum Rachel Melton and we decided that it would be a good idea to partake of the DC August Restaurant Week!
For those of you who don’t know, DC, New York, Chicago and other big [...]

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Feed a Child, Save a Life

As many of you know, on my recent mission trip to Kenya, my medical mission team had the unique opportunity to serve two feasts to the children and families we worked with in Eburru and Kibera. I am so thrilled to share with you that these children are feasting again this week, even as [...]

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Iron Designer America

Today, in honor of National Chocolate Chip Day, our design team faced off in Iron Designer America Battle Chocolate Chip!
Based on the hit tv show Iron Chef America, our designers were given exactly 1 hour to design a structure using only edible ingredients and showcase today’s secret ingredient, the Chocolate Chip!
I have submitted this to [...]

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Happy Chocolate Chip Day!

Today is National Chocolate Chip Day! What better holiday to have on a Friday? This may be my most favorite holiday ever.  Why is this not a federal holiday?
Its no secret here that I love me some cookies.  Typically I make all kinds of cookies around Christmas time and get real creative with cookie cutters, [...]

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