Outpost 505

You heard that right! We’re pulling up shop, consolidating our internet real estate, and telling tales of food, travel, beer, cats, and other adventures over at TeamBeers.net. Get it? Because our last name is Beers and we’re a team? Team Beers? You wouldn’t believe how difficult it is to find a fun domain name that [...]

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Beyond the obvious getting away from it all, there were a couple of reasons we were eager to leave on vacation. First, it’s been effing hot here.  Has it been hot where you are?  Do you have air conditioning?  If … Continue reading →

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It’s been a rough growing season.  We’ve had weeks of lows in the 30s alternating with weeks of highs in the 90s.  When it wasn’t very cold or very hot, it was pouring rain.  We got seeds in the ground … Continue reading →

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photographed by nina leen from the life magazine archives, date unknown. Despite still being under the weather, I spent a very happy hour in the garden yesterday.  I raked the compost into beds and lined the walkways with hay in hopes of preventing at least some of the weeds from creeping into the good soil.  [...]

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A couple of weeks ago: Shane, eating breakfast: “Where did this bread come from?” E, making coffee: “It’s just the normal baguette.” Shane: “Oh! It’s really good! I thought maybe it was still some of the Roadhouse bread that Gemma had bought.” E: “That’s maybe the best compliment you’ve ever made about my cooking!” And [...]

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Do you see them?  The snow finally melted away from the front bed, letting the first sprouts from the herb garden soak up some much needed sunshine.  I spotted them yesterday when I headed out for my run – a bit of parsley, a few leafy stems of oregano, and the fragrant lavender, which with [...]

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Spring is almost here – can you believe it? The high was in the mid-50s yesterday, and will be in the mid-60s today. We’ve renewed our Project Grow plot, and I started seeds under the grow light last weekend: Brussels sprouts and broccoli, cucumbers, and a few kinds of tomatoes. We’re planning for truckloads of [...]

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In which our heroine drops a business card in a drawing and comes away with: **The subject of this post refers to an episode of All That which has attained cult status, though perhaps only for me. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

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Photo by recursion_see_recursion The photo above obviously isn’t Ann Arbor but I think it’s what Kerrytown was going for with Kindlefest tonight: a German holiday market, complete with carolers, lanterns, vendors, Glühwein, and weisswurst. All of these things seemed like good reasons to head downtown on a Friday night. Photo by Djinn76 We arrived on [...]

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Our feelings about Zingerman’s have undergone several shifts since we made our first visit while apartment hunting in the summer of 2009. At first, we were smitten.  We had breakfast at the Deli two days in a row, and brought back Zing treats for our friends in DC.  My coworkers at GW gave me a [...]

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