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Jimmy Dugan: …if you want to go back to Oregon and make a hundred babies, great, I’m in no position to tell anyone how to live. But sneaking out like this, quitting, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. Baseball is what gets inside you. It’s what lights you up, you can’t deny that. […]

It’s long overdue to share this special soirée from last August. I was completely flattered when a dear friend asked for help with her wedding reception. With plans of holding their ceremony at Woodland Park Zoo’s Rose Garden, which is stunning in August, Emily and Tim wished to host an equally special reception for their family and friends. With a […]

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“I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn’t. That’s what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts […]

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{image, quote} Crowds in the stands. Fresh cut grass. Stealing second. Sliding into home plate. In honor of America’s favorite past-time sport, quotes from my favorite baseball movies will be featured throughout April.

Crowds in the stands. Fresh cut grass. Stealing second. Sliding into home plate. In honor of America’s favorite past-time sport starting up today, quotes from my favorite baseball movies will be featured throughout April. “Pick me out a winner Bobby.” – Roy Hobbs, The Natural {image}

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To wrap up this week’s dedicated Easter theme: egg decorating. First up: To boil or bake your eggs? Here are two recipes for getting your eggs ready: 1) LA Times Hard-Boiled Eggs and 2) Alton Brown’s Hard Baked Eggs. And should you question if a carton of eggs are boiled or raw, check out this handy tip. Trust me: there’s no shame […]

Just a reminder: this week’s posts are dedicated to getting ready for Easter, 3.31.13! By any chance do you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? The stories where you would suddenly come to the point in a chapter when you had to choose if you were going to continue down a wooded path or cross a rope bridge while a grizzly […]