casacaudill
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http://casacaudill.blogspot.com
Our blog chronicles the lives of two thirty-somethings living and loving in Oakland. We talk a lot about food, wine, travel and our house - a 1916 Craftsman in a part of town that was once described as "up and coming."
HAIR UPDATE
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
Okay, I'm definitely going a dark chocolate brown. This last bottle of red dye looks like I dumped Kool-Aid in my hair. So uneven and gross. That's the second time I've had a bad experience with Garnier. Back to Feria, I guess....
LIPSTICK ON A PIG
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- Published on Friday, 23 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
In advance of selling the house this spring there are a few rooms that need some loving. The worst room in our house - the laundry room - is the biggest problem. First, it's small. And has a somewhat awkward layout. And aside from getting new appliances five years ago, we've pretty much ignored it. We talked about replacing...THIS OLD HOUSE
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
Apparently, it leaks.I guess this is what happens when you're nearly 100.
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THAT WAS ME ... THEN
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
Alan asked me to find a picture that I took in 2004. This could have been a wild goose chase of epic proportions, but because back in the day I was quite the prolific poster on LiveJournal, it actually only took a couple of minutes to find said picture once I started looking in earnest.Along the way I also stumbled across a...
THANKSGIVING WITH THE CAUDILLS
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
Since we're trying to pack up our house and keep things relatively simple for the remaining few months that we live here, Alan decided he didn't want us to host Thanksgiving. Since it also sounds like all of the Caudill boys and their families are going to be gone for Christmas he told his mom she should host this year's...SO ... NANOWRIMO, EH?
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
I think this is the last year I pretend to take part in this activity. It's just not a writing style I'm cut out for. The biggest problem that I have is that maybe I'm not so much a writer as I am an editor. I've often wondered if this is the case. It's not unusual for me to be reading a book and think to myself, "I would...SCENES FROM THIS WEEKEND: WINE!
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- Published on Monday, 12 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
We had four wine club pickups to make this weekend, so we woke up on Saturday morning to a lovely day, got dressed, and made our way up to the Russian River and Alexander Valleys of Sonoma. Seventy-one bottles of wine later, we arrived home where Alan promptly passed out. Usually I'm the one that needs a nap after a day trip...COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TO THIS
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- Published on Friday, 09 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
Photo credit: Tofino Photography
The house we're staying at is right on the beach shown above. Heavenly, no?
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SCENES FROM THIS WEEKEND: BEER!
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
On Saturday we went on a brewery tour to Oakland's Linden Street Brewery with one of Alan's mom's groups. It's a small production facility so the tour is mostly a q&a about the brewing process and their particular brew, but it was still fun. We love going to breweries. Afterward I was all fired up to brew our own so we...TAHOE WEEKEND
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- Published on Monday, 29 October 2012
Authors: Becky Caudill
Early last week I received an email from a house rental agency in Lake Tahoe that we rented a gorgeous house from back in 2007. There was snow in them thar hills! I became very excited and decided that we simply had to go to Tahoe for the weekend. It being pre-season, the prices for hotels was very reasonable. After talking...
