Category Archives: Doing

Kitchen Under Construction

See that top row of cab­i­nets? That sof­fit? They’re goners, folks. The 1two5 crew comes through today to begin phase two of our kitchen remod­el, which involves tak­ing out those cab­i­nets and mak­ing some archi­tec­tur­al changes, too.

Can’t believe what a dif­fer­ence our new pantry already makes on the oppo­site wall! Our kitchen will be com­plete­ly trans­formed when all is said and done.

Our First Weekend Getaway

Can­not thank my in-laws enough for giv­ing Helen and I a nice week­end alone at a love­ly B&B for Valen­tine’s Day.

We stayed in the car­riage house (pic­tured) at Antrim 1844 in Taney­town, MD. It’s the per­fect spot for any­one who’s had a bad expe­ri­ence at a B&B. Plen­ty of pri­va­cy and no forced social­iz­ing! Great, right?

It was a nice place to stay and din­ner Sat­ur­day night hit the spot. Duck with foie gras hash? Absinthe after din­ner? Yes, please!

I’d be remiss if I did­n’t men­tion that our suite was FREEZING, but the gas-pow­ered fire­place in the bed­room did quite nicely.

All in all a great des­ti­na­tion for two sleep-deprived par­ents in need of some qui­et time.

We’re Updating Our Kitchen

If you’re a home­own­er, then you know how hard it can be to work on the projects you want to ver­sus those you have to. We’ve been talk­ing about mak­ing changes in our kitchen since before Char­lie arrived. Now the time has come!

It’s hard to tell in this pic­ture, but it’s some­thing of a big, dumb space. It’s a long, wide rec­tan­gle with all the cab­i­nets on one side and an open shelf from Ikea on the oth­er. Not ideal.

So we’re work­ing with our friends Chad and Nic at Post­green to update it ele­gant­ly and afford­ably. I’ll post reg­u­lar updates on the project, along with tips on how to sur­vive a kitchen remod­el with­out spend­ing a month at restau­rants. Get ready for some gueril­la recipes out of crock­pot, rotis­serie and rice cook­ers, people!

I Miss Running

I miss run­ning. Last time I ran was the 2009 Philadel­phia Marathon. Just got to be too hard get­ting Char­lie ready on top of try­ing to get out and run in the morn­ing. Hope I can get back on track once the snow and ice melt and the side­walks dry. 

Excit­ed to get back in the gym, too! Need a work­out bud­dy? I just got a mem­ber­ship at Plan­et Fit­ness. Think­ing about MWF @ 8 pm. (Look­ing at you, Mark.)