For many years, I settled for this. I am the only coffee drinker in the house.This is simple, fast and easy to make for one. Then, I became coffee challenged.Or snobbish. It just wasn't good enough. Thus, began my quest.Taking cooking classes a few years ago at Williams Sonoma, I found this:I had begun to relish the flavor of latte. This, was supposed...

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We decided to take the twins to the Elephant Bar to celebrate their 89th birthday!There were, I think, 23 or 24 of us! It was cold and raining outside, butthat didn't stop the party! We had 3 servers trying to keep everything straight.Dan played musical chairs to say hello to everyone at the loooong table!Hey, Eileen was doing it too!John and Carter cozy...

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We celebrated Valentine's Day Sunday night because I was working on Monday, the 14th.We started with a very nice Chardonnay, well not this one. We tried this one, but it wastoo fruity, so we opened another. That one was very nice!We're so happy with our kitchen that, and I know it sounds so ordinary, we decidedthat we wanted to cook! We don't get...

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But this is what I came home with . . .Click here to view these pictures largerI wandered in to Pottery Barn looking for faucets, which they nolonger have (tells you how long it's been since I've shopped here)and stumbled upon these chairs on clearance. Each $230 chair weremarked down to $57!! Wow, and I love them! ...

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