The winners at this year’s Great American Beer Festival were announced yesterday in Denver, CO. I always look through the winners list to see what Virginia beers came out on top — it gives me a target list of some new beers to try.

Looking through the list I was happy to see that Fredericksburg’s own Spencer Devon Brewing was among the medal recipients. Their ever-popular, and tasty, Sunken Road Belgian Blond was awarded a Bronze medal in the Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale category. Congratulations to the folks at Spencer Devon Brewing!

See the list below for other winners from Virginia.

This is the first in what I hope will be a somewhat regular (3X a week?) series of quick blog posts about whatever I’m thinking about. A few years ago I decided to make my blog a repository for longer writing, and now I’m changing my mind and making a…

If you love pumpkin and cheesecake both, this is your lucky day! Well, I guess a truly lucky day would be to receive them in the mail from me. 🙂 A wonderful dessert for Thanksgiving or any lovely fall day!Ingredients:- Store bought ready pie crusts- 3…

Sad range bag had to stay home today.So it’s an indoor chore day. But there will be college football on TV. And beer.
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My first set of professional fitness photos were taken by Becca Griffits in Fredericksburg, VA. It was a fun shoot. We hit a lot of cool places that morning.

Hey all, At the time of publishing, I’m a new mother of a beautiful baby boy! The baby just turned 4 weeks! This makes baby#3. This last pregnancy has been my healthiest even at “advanced maternal age” of almost 37. I had my previous two kids at ages 25 and 26. The difference between this […]

Aren’t you glad we have all these super smart people making sure we don’t screw up?Without the Hollywood elites and those obviously intelligent professional athletes warning us about how oppressed we are, we’d surely be lost.
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Let’s talk collagen! Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and is the substance that holds the whole body together. It is found in the bones, muscles, skin and tendons, where it forms a scaffold to provide strength and structure….

[Repost from October 7, 2014]October 7 marks the anniversary of The Battle of Lepanto in the year 1571. In this historically significant battle, the Fleet of the Holy League defeated the much larger fleet of the Ottoman Empire. This Christian…

Last year I made these the morning of Thanksgiving. It’s difficult to wake up and have to wait for the turkey and all the trimmings to be prepared; the smell in the kitchen is just so mouth-watering. These delightful crumb cakes were the perfect start …