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Florence, Alabama: Nashville Road Trip

Shanna Mallon — Tue, 24 May 2016 13:32:30 +0000

I hope I’ll never forget the moment when, working on the back porch with Tim, our computers in our laps, I heard his phone buzz and, without thinking, reached for it, glanced at the screen and read his text out loud. “‘Matthew’ says you’re confirmed for a night in Florence, Alabama?” Even as I read ...

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A Week of Food and Sightseeing in Austin, Texas

Shanna Mallon — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:32:31 +0000

while most people go to Austin for the creativity, the food, the music, the shock value ("Keep Austin Weird"), we went to get away to someplace new where it would also, conveniently, be ridiculously easy to eat well. Read more now!

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Little Seed Farm, Lebanon, Tennessee

Shanna Mallon — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:44:07 +0000

A first-day-of-spring visit to Little Seed Farm in Lebanon!

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Food and Fun in Pensacola, Florida Over a Weekend

Shanna Mallon — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:00:17 +0000

From raw honey to artisan bread to wholesale seafood, there’s a lot more to Pensacola than turquoise waters and miles of white sand. Here’s a look at what we found to love in The Emerald City, which is home to great food as well title-holder for being America’s oldest settlement. We made the plans to visit ...

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Curried Spaghetti Squash Bisque at The Hermitage

Shanna Mallon — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 01:49:57 +0000

Noticing the season that surrounds us with a picnic, a soup recipe, and a video, taken at The Hermitage in Nashville. The bisque is a creamy squash soup with the warming spices of curry. So good, so tasty, and perfect for fall.

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Harvest on the Harbor: Portland, Maine

Shanna Mallon — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:13:37 +0000

Recap of three days in Maine, attending Portland's Harvest on the Harbor event.

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Greenville Anniversary Trip, Part Two

Shanna Mallon — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:56:36 +0000

Recap of an anniversary getaway to Greenville, South Carolina

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Greenville Anniversary Trip, Part One

Shanna Mallon — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:12:14 +0000

When we arrived in Greenville Monday night, it was with a lot of balls in the air. Those of you who read our newsletter know that the last few weeks have been busy ones for us. We’ve been working extra hours in our freelance gigs, we’ve had a lot of social events to attend, we’ve ...

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Day Trip: Asheville

Shanna Mallon — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:24 +0000

Wednesday, Tim and I spent our first five waking hours driving, through twists and turns and mountain ranges, to Asheville, North Carolina. Just before we left, while I was packing a bag of toiletries in the bathroom, my hair still wet and the window letting in cool morning air, Tim came in and said “I ...

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Our Nashville

Shanna Mallon — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:57 +0000

Although Tim’s lived in Nashville almost four years longer than I have, we both consider ourselves transplants—he from Ohio and me from Illinois. As born and bred Midwesterners, we can tell you this town’s a whole lot bigger than Dayton and much easier to navigate than Chicago; the weather’s nice, especially this time of year; ...

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