Earlier this week I wrote about once again attending Petit Jean Meat’s Bacon Bowl, held this year in Bentonville, AR with proceeds benefitting local charitable organization Youth Bridge. While there, I also took some video clips I wanted to share. First up is a small video showing my Mom and Dad’s first ever time […]
Bacon, Bacon, Bacon, Bacon Bowl! Yesterday, I was thrilled to attend the 2nd annual Bacon Bowl festival, which was sponsored by Petit Jean Meats. I wrote last year about attending the inaugural event in Fayetteville, Arkansas, which was fun and incredibly delicious. But this year’s event, which was held up the road in downtown Bentonville, […]
Last Sunday, the Fort Smith Museum of History was a super sweet place to officially say goodbye to summer as it hosted a community-wide ice cream social inside its historic building’s old fashioned Soda Fountain and Pharmacy. Paying just $5.00 gave guests entry to all of the museum’s exhibits plus all-you-can-eat make-your-own sundaes. Yum! I’ve […]
Honestly, I’ve never really given much thought to “Greenwich Mean Time,” and what that actually means. But during a recent trip to Greenwich, England I not only learned a lot about it – I also got to stand in two different hemispheres at the same time! As mentioned previously, I was sent to London earlier […]
Stonehenge… is there a place shrouded in more mystery?? I’ve had a strong interest in this UNESCO World Heritage Site since I was a little girl and first heard about its ancient circle of stones. (That interest actually increased after seeing the hugely famous and silly scene in the movie Spinal Tap that featured an […]
Okay, I admit it: I LOVE exploring castles. This includes walking around ancient ruins, seeing majestic old buildings from afar, and especially being able to peek inside over-the-top glamorous rooms used long ago by generations of royals, such as the beautiful Schönbrunn and Hofburg Palaces in Vienna, Austria that I wrote about previously. But during […]
The first time I visited London, England was during a European tour with my grandparents when I was just 16 years old. And London was the start and finish points of that 3-week “visit everywhere” tour. As a teen, the city felt huge and chaotic and fun but also a little scary. During my first […]
I wrote last year about getting to attend the first annual Bacon Bowl, sponsored by Petit Jean Meats – and about all the wonderful food samples that let me literally pig out. Well, it’s almost that time again. Yay! This year the event will be held in downtown Bentonville, Arkansas (not too far from the […]
[NOTE from Deborah: Guest blogger Sandy Conner wrote back in September about Monet’s gorgeous gardens in Giverny, France. This new post is also about a beautiful garden area, albeit a bit hidden, here in the States. Enjoy!] Over three decades ago, the Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Kansas touched my heart and soul and left […]
The quirky and unusual Zwölf Apostelkeller restaurant in Vienna is quite literally a buried treasure. In fact, its name translates into the “12 Apostles’ Cellar.” And this keller/cellar is one popular (although kind of hard-to-find) gem. Located in Sonnengelsgasss, behind St. Stephan’s Cathedral and down some winding streets, this subterranean tavern is worth hunting down. […]
