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Mr. Bee and I just got back from a delicious early dinner at Commerce, an up and coming West Village restaurant that we’ve always wanted to try.  We even ran into Malcolm Gladwell on our walk home (he lives in the neighborhood)!

Commerce is on the first floor of the white building.  This quaint area is called “the backlot” because so many movies and tv shows…

I hope you all had an amazing holiday. I took some time off from blogging in order to fully enjoy our first Christmas as husband and wife.

While we wrapped up 2008 with many wonderful memories, these memories also left us a bit strapped for cash and vacation time. As a result we spent our first married Christmas in New York City, and our first Christmas…

We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday!

I’ve already posted about our decision to use our engagement photos for holiday gifts, but I did not mention our holiday card! I didn’t want to spoil the surprise for our friends before the cards reached their mailboxes.

Photography by A Girl In Love

Mr. Cupcake and I spent this past Easter weekend with his family in Central Pennsylvania. My family is not very religious, so over the years it has become standard for us to spend this holiday with his family every year. His is from a family of strong traditions, and this weekend was no exception.

On Saturday, we visited with his extended family in Lancaster. The day…

I checked my call schedule for this month and realized that I’m on-call on Valentine’s Day! Blah. I guess I wasn’t too disappointed about having to miss out on Valentine’s Day because we decided to celebrate a little earlier over this weekend by staying home and cooking some of our favorite dishes together.

Yes, perhaps you do - but we can go ahead and pretend we’re strangers so we can avoid that awkward silence where you and I both try to conduct a conversation without admitting we don’t know who the other person is.

Despite my recent hermitous (no, that’s not a word) behavior, I did crawl out of my hole and make valentines for people. I’m sorry to…

Yesterday I finally put my Valentines cards in the mail for the Weddingbee swap!  I didn’t really know what I was going to do, so I went on a short visit to Paper Source to look for inspiration. Since I don’t think of myself as crafty as a lot of bloggers, my friend gave me the idea of using photos. I looked for cards that…

I wish I could have participated in the Weddingbee Valentine Swap, but with so little time left before the wedding, there’s no way I could have cranked anything out, and let’s face it, I’m not crafty enough to make anything as beautiful as what any of our readers or other bees can do, so I figured I’d just concentrate on finding the perfect Valentine for…

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Tomorrow is Lunar New Year (I refuse to call it Chinese New Year, because many other Asian cultures celebrate the new year based on the lunar calendar).

Anyway, like Mr. Canary explains it, it’s like Christmas for my family. Mama Canary has been cleaning the house every day this past week. The Asian grocery stores have been packed every day with shoppers stocking up…

It’s that time of the year, ladies. It’s *gasp* Valentine’s Day and Mr. Kiwi’s birthday. His actual birthday is Feb. 10th, and I try to space out the gifts and/or affection! Usually for V-day, Mr. Kiwi and I have a dinner a home, with some flowers and goodies like that. This year, however, is a big year for him/us, what with this being his last…

In my defense, I posted this on my personal blog, but Bee suggested I post it to Weddingbee…I LOVE CHRISTMAS, Okay?   Sometime in mid-April I should be getting over it.

Mr. Penguin and I started a tradition about four years ago where we would give each other an ornament for Christmas that represented a significant event in the past year. This year, the gift was pretty special,…

We’re pleased to announce our first ever DIY Valentine’s Day Card Swap!  We’re gonna keep it relatively simple and exchange 3 cards with other readers and bees (all readers will get at least one card from a bee).  There’s no criteria other than the cards be DIY, so get creative and have fun!  Before you send out your cards, please be sure to email me a picture so we can showcase all your…

Updated with more pictures!

Part I

Here’s the second installment of gifts from the Weddingbee Secret Santa Gift Exchange!  Each bee had a budget of $20… and they really got creative!

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Copy of Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, a penguin ornament, and chickadee note cards

I present to you my Secret Santa gift to Mrs. Eggplant - a DIY Weddingbee-opoly!

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I’m not a super diy gal like some of the tremendously talented bees, so please indulge me a little as I tell you about the making of Weddingbee-opoly!