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How to Handle A Restaurant Maelstrom – Get the Crayons!

The difference between blacklisting a restaurant and endorsing it, is less about how perfect the dinner goes than it is about the reaction of the staff when all goes wrong, as long as the food is good.

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Anniversary Dinner #8 Sustainable, Local and Compassionate – Just like us.

Blue Moon Evolution as a restaurant is committed to farm to table, sustainable food practices and compassionate care of livestock all while being stunningly delicious.

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Apple Picking Etiquette

Eating the apple in Eden isn’t the only apple-based crime. After a recent trip to three orchards, I witnessed a dire need for a course on Apple Picking Etiquette. And so I present my list of the Top 10 "Don'ts" About Apple Picking.

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Bird Watching for “Night Hawks”

We were surprised, but we loved the late night vibe, the chatty waitress and the food that was nothing at all like the grilled chicken salad I should have ordered. we had identified ourselves as "Nighthawks".

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Apple Picking Etiquette

REFRESH YOUR MEMORY WITH THE RULES OF APPLE PICKING....CLICK ON THE APPLE PHOTO.   Apple Picking Etiquette.

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New England Maple Syrup Makes the Grade w/ updated Maple Weekend Dates for 2014

Call me a sap for maple syrup, but I attribute magical powers to the stuff. Before that first sticky drop drizzles my pancake, I know it will transform any ordinary flapjack from sweet to sublime.

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Mangia! Now, thatsa deliciosa meataball!!! The Time-Honored Tradition of Meatballs.

Think it’s easy being Italian? Well, let me be the one to tell you that we, who are 100% Italian, have an exhausting reputation to uphold! It's not all mangia and easy meatballs.

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OVERGROWN – Chronicle of a Reluctant Gardener

"Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there." ~  Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732   “I don’t want a garden, that’s a deal breaker, too much work, too little time”.  He agreed.  We bought a townhouse, we got married.  My husband, envious of my sister’s wonderful tomatoes, faltered first.  We were allowed 3 feet… Continue reading OVERGROWN – Chronicle of a Reluctant Gardener