The 2025 Sisters’ Weekend was in St. Louis this year. We stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel, which gave us an absolutely perfect view of the St. Louis Arch. We started Day 1 at Damn Fine Hand Pies where we tried the seasonal Curried Sweet Potato Hand Pie with a bright cilantro dipping sauce. We … Read more
The newest challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz is Fun & Games. I found some chipboard dominoes from Simple Stories Family Fun in my stash to build my card around. My Papa taught us how to play dominoes … he could always tell me what dominoes were still in play that would score points. I built … Read more
When my sister Darcy and I were in Kansas City, we spent one of our beautiful mornings at the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens. We got in tons of steps hiking some of the trails and enjoying all of the water features and flower gardens. We even had the luck of spotting a few … Read more
I just returned from Sisters' Weekend 2024 in Kansas City. One of the fun things we did was take a journey down The Rabbit Hole. While it was more for children, my sister and I are both children at heart and lovers of classic books, so we knew we would love it (and we did). … Read more
I just returned from a quick trip to Missouri to hang out with my family. We enjoyed a BBQ Lunch on one day at Boomer's BBQ. It had been forever since I had a loaded baked potato. And most of the rest of our time was spent playing board games … one of … Read more
We started our day with another amazing three course Jail Hill Inn breakfast. Steel Cut Oats with fruit & an amazing caramel sauce was the first course. Next was a chocolate almond croissant followed by the most amazing candied bacon, potatoes and a egg vegetable strata. When we headed downtown, we … Read more
On our 2nd day in Galena, we started with the three course gourmet breakfast at the Jail Hill Inn. The starter was yogurt with an amazing mix of fruit & house-made granola. He also had Chai in the perfect mug for steeping. I scarfed down the raspberry Danish before I remembered to photograph … Read more
Six months ago I had the foresight to schedule a four day getaway for us in September. The weather has been absolutely perfect to explore. We started by stopping for lunch at Copper Kettle in Dubuque, Iowa. When I see Onion Rings on a menu, I almost always have to order them. This were a … Read more
I was so thrilled my sister and I were able to spend some time together in Kansas City this weekend (a big thank you to the stranger who took our photo & told us we sounded like sisters when we thanked her in unison). We both like finding unexpected public art. … Read more
When my sister was little, I read her lots of books … but one of our absolute favorites was Grover in The Monster at the End of this Book. I would do all of the voices and she would giggle and laugh … such a precious memory … just like the memory below … Read more