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Post-Holiday

Between a cold front coming through during the night and bringing a little rain with it, and a fabulous Breakfast at Wimbledon (on into lunch really) where tennis history was made, this day is really turning out to be a great end to a holiday weekend. We are a little tired around here, in fact Lola is snoring beside me on the couch, but I'm really jazzed after such a great tennis match.

I hope you all had a fun, safe and relatively cool (probably thanks to the A/C) holiday.

I've really been struggling lately to come up with a "list of the week". I think I'm just stuck in a summer rut and all that I can think to list is "why I hate summer and the heat", so you if think of something, send a suggestion. But be sure to participate in my "Poll of the week" over to the right of the posts here. My Poll of the week is "Who would you rather have bake you a fabulous cake?". The choices are:

(1) Duff from Charm City Cakes and the T.V. show "Ace of Cakes"
(2) Buddy from Carlo's Bakery and the T.V. show "Cake Boss"
(3) Sylvia Winstock who you have probably seen on various shows including "Martha Stewart"

If you've been living under a rock and aren't familiar with their work, you can click on their names to link to their websites.

Comments

Emily said…
First off, yes that match was AMAZING! Way better than the women's finals on Sat morning. Second of all....Lola made it through a holiday with out a vet? Way to go sister. Third of all I love both Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss....hard pick. I guess I would go with..ummm ummm..1 Duff! I better hit publish before I change my mind.
Spotted-Bird said…
You could totally blog abut it hating summer and it being hot. I think there are enough reasons to get you through the summer.

I would have totally stopped by if I knew I was in your neck of the woods. We need to make this official so I can stop telling people a friend of a friend of a friend....
JEF said…
Duff !!! Although I like Cake Boss as well. I would love to get a cake from Charm City if I ever win the lottery!

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