Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! As you may or may not know, Dear Reader, I have written this blog “every day” (at least FOR every day) since November 1, 2014. That was right after, well a month and a half after, my honeymoon. I did the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time list (the 2012 list that…
Salutations™!! On Saturday, The BCPF and I made an international trip without leaving the state. We headed to Greensboro where we visited a business I have been VERY excited for, Scottish Gourmet USA. I don’t have to explain how much I love all things Scottish. We purchased haggis, black pudding, and back bacon. We also…
Salutations™!! Last night, Chef Eric Brownlee and his staff at The Katharine Brasserie made The BCPF’s and my anniversary dinner (and experience) one of the most memorable. We had foie gras, locally-sourced chanterelle mushrooms, NC oysters, beef tartare, mussels, NC trout, steak au poirve (with peppercorns), duck breast, and three sorbets (lemon-lime, passionfruit, strawberry (with…
Salutations™!! Today marks the seventh anniversary of The BCPF’s and my wedding day. Here’s how it happened: Alright, it’s time for the wedding story. So The BCPF had stuffed her wedding dress into a vacuum bag and sucked the dickens out of the bag until it was a brick of white mess. Of course, I…
Salutations™!! It was 10 years ago, at the end of a perfect day, on a boat, under fireworks in the “Most Magical Place on Earth,” Walt Disney World, that I asked the woman that I love, my everything, my The BCPF to be my bride. She said yes and we spent the next six days…
Salutations™!! Today is the 11th anniversary of The BCPF’s and my first date. Mind you, she was The BCPF before we were officially dating. She got her name before this. Which, by the way, if you’re new or have forgotten what BCPF stands for… it’s Beautiful Close Personal Friend. But, I took her to Charlotte…
Salutations™!! Yesterday we finished in London and moved on to Paris. This is the full retelling of the blog post for these two days – Day 7 and Day 8 of the Honeymoon Chronicles. Enjoy! Enchanté, Paris. The first of these honeymoon blogs was started on the trip from London to Paris via the “Chunnel”…
Salutations™!! Hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend and respite from my reminiscing ways. But, as promised, I’m back. I’m picking up after our second day in London, here. The following morning, we had a day excursion to the medieval towns of Salisbury, Stonehenge and Bath. Due to scheduling “conflicts” with the tour company, the tour…
Today, six years ago, we were still enjoying our time in London. I really want to get back to London. Here’s my recounting from then: So still in London, we took a hop-on/hop-off tour of London and we saw almost ALL there was to see of London, both what we call London, also known as…
Salutations™!! Six years ago today we spent our first ever day and night in London after getting married the day before. That four hour train ride sounds like it would be a long ride but it passed really quickly. As I have this week, here’s my (then fresh) recount of the happenings from six years…