From the monthly archives:

December 2011

Donut Danger Muffins

December 30, 2011
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In addition to our Magic and Merriment trip, we had a very Merry Christmas with our families. We’re fortunate enough that although our families are in three states, they’re all relatively close together so we can see everyone in the holiday period! We started off by seeing my Mom at her new house on Friday [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 12.28.2011

December 28, 2011
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Magic and Merriment 2011

December 26, 2011

Noel and I took a slightly different approach to the Christmas holiday this year. Instead of buying each other more gifts that we don’t really need and DEFINITELY don’t have space for, we decided to have an experience. A Magical Experience at the Happiest Place on Earth. Enter Magic and Merriment, D23′s behind the scenes [...]

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Mele Kalikimaka!

December 24, 2011

Mele Kalikimaka is the right way To say Merry Christmas to you! From our (tiki) family to yours, we hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

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Soft and Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies

December 22, 2011

So maybe I’m on a chocolate mint kick this year. Okay, who am I kidding, I’ve been on a chocolate mint kick my entire life. I blame it on my dad. When I was a kid, we used to get a peppermint patty every time we went to the gas station. We drove around A [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 12.21.2011

December 21, 2011
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Take another one off the list!

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Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Bark

December 19, 2011
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This weekend was the seventh edition of the Ratskellar Holiday Party, our big annual celebration of the holidays, good cheer, and friends. It’s hard to believe that we’ve lived in this house long enough to have SEVEN holiday parties here. How did that happen? It feels like yesterday that we–committed uptown Baltimore people–moved to Southeast. [...]

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Holiday Good Cheer

December 16, 2011

Hey guys. I really wanted to blog about the awesome weekend I had last weekend today (Noel and I did our holiday early, and it was amazing). And then I realized I wouldn’t have time for that this week so I wanted to blog about these really awesome chocolate mint cookies. But ran out of [...]

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