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First Passport Stamp! ~Nassau, Bahamas

In 2022 we had the opportunity to get our first passport stamp from Nassau, Bahamas. This was our second trip out of the country, but the first time that we’d needed our passport. We went to Puerto Rico a few years back but it is a US Territory and you don’t have to have a…

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Ferus Artisan Ales

We have been to all of the currently open restaurant’s in the Trussville Entertainment District. The latest one we have visited is Ferus. This is where we had dinner for Jeff’s birthday and the food did not disappoint! We saw some friends in the area a while back and they told us that Ferus had…

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Street Corn Dip

Jeff loves a good street corn, whether it’s on the cob or off. We are always looking to try street corn, whether it’s in a Mexican restaurant, a barbeque restaurant, food truck, or wherever we may see one advertised or a recipe that we come across. He found this recipe on social media so we…

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Waldo’s Chicken and Beer

There is restaurant that recently opened in Cahaba Heights, a suburb of Birmingham, called Waldo’s Chicken and Beer. It’s kind of like a fast food chicken place with a bar. We went for lunch on a Saturday. They were pretty crowded. After we ordered we found that every table was taken. So we started to…

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Sausage Quiche

I don’t think that I have shared this tradition before. Years ago I was at a Ladies meeting at our Pastor’s house where we all brought finger foods. Our Pastor’s Wife made this really good quiche and she shared the recipe with us. I think that it was around Christmas time, maybe it was our…

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Green Top Bar-B-Q

Have you ever heard of the Famous Leo and Susie’s Green Top Bar-B-Q? If not, it is located in Dora, Alabama. It normally sits in a cinder block building right on the side of Highway 78 as you are approaching the Walker county line. But an appliance caught on fire a few months back and…

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Orange Beach Wrap Up

I’m going to wrap up our Orange Beach vacation. I threw in a couple of Christmas posts since my last Orange Beach post. We stayed at a new to us place this visit. We rented a condo at Phoenix West II. We had a beautifully decorated, spacious condo with great views of the gulf. Our…

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The Battery

We recently checked a restaurant off our to try list. We met one Saturday at The Battery in Homewood. We were going to start with the Beer Cheese Queso and guess what…..they were out of Beer Cheese. So we decided not to have an appetizer as nothing else on the appetizer menu appealed to us…

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Christmas 2022 Recipes

I made a few new desserts that I promised in the last blog that I would share the recipes for. I found them all on Pinterest. First I’ll share the Five Ingredient Hot Cocoa Mix that I found at https://www.sixcleversisters.com/the-best-homemade-hot-cocoa-mix/ 3 1/3 cups of Dry Milk 1 1/2 – 2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup…

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Christmas Baking for a Change

This year I took some time off around the holidays, which I don’t normally do. I got in a baking mood and decided that I wanted to bake some homemade cookies to take to the family gathering. After picking out the recipes I went to the store for things like plain flour, candy canes, dark…

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