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Some good places to eat in the Outer Banks

Janna, Sam, his girlfriend, and I were recently able to spend a week-long vacation in Nags Head in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We cannot recommend it enough as a vacation destination. Although we didn’t make it up North to Duck and Carolla, here are some recommended restaurants located between Kill Devil Hills and [...]

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Celebrating the Oscars… in Cupcake Form

This past weekend, I embarked on a time-consuming, but ultimately successful baking project.  I wanted to create a dessert that was related to the Oscars, but the Internet had few good ideas.  Then I stumbled upon this recipe:

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Elephant Jumps

Elephant Jumps: A Welcome Addition to Merrifield’s Ethnic Food Scene

For those of us who consider Merrifield, Dunn Loring, and Falls Church to be our ethnic food hangouts, there has always been something missing.  While the area is chock full of Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, and Lebanese restaurants, there has been for as long as I can remember, no real Thai restaurant in the area.  Sure, [...]

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What are the most overrated sweets or desserts?

Sam and I argue a lot. We don’t really argue, as no one is upset really, so I guess it’s more of a debate. Anyway, now that I’ve established that we’re not the Gallaghers, a few weeks back we were having one of our usual debates. Was it about politics? Nope. Was it over sports? [...]

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Ice cream sandwiches

Homemade ice cream sandwiches, worth the effort?

Bottom line, is it worth it to bake your own chocolate chip cookies from scratch and make ice cream sandwiches out of them rather than just buying them at the store? Yes – big time.

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