On the Road Again

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo4B1UwK8AE2lkMGelOAc6ROgN-5-EybIw2ESYANd2smqC_bmobLlyNDB06REbwvsYwvyXw4tnCCweJO16OBlOoOjkce_mgQagFgry9F8LjnoENFWbDS_aP9f8HGg4nMN3lk_Y1qGxW4/s1600/IMG_3305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo4B1UwK8AE2lkMGelOAc6ROgN-5-EybIw2ESYANd2smqC_bmobLlyNDB06REbwvsYwvyXw4tnCCweJO16OBlOoOjkce_mgQagFgry9F8LjnoENFWbDS_aP9f8HGg4nMN3lk_Y1qGxW4/s640/IMG_3305.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday I spent the day in my car fighting pre-holiday traffic to pick up something in Maine. I made a special trip through a wonderful historic town (just so you could see it!) and I'll share some of the photos in another post.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first time I went to <a href="http://anurbancottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/snug-harbor-farm.html">Snug Harbor Farm</a>, I was admiring these large stones that I saw in a few places around the farm.  The way this one is placed, it's almost like a little area rug inside the gate.  I love the effect.  I thought they were some kind of huge millstone but it turns out they're old well covers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCE9ioRDFTRjWq1mRgbPiaqlHgh0X5SJ9yfZkEAoaOxAtoHcZMtaGSNtpoIrkZ8oM78SAE-NAuq_RSAuh8zJOm06UWRfNeXM6FkEv-SZq_QTjMLdgkvgcuvD8gPLqMCw-f7BPzlsxil4E/s1600/P1030408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCE9ioRDFTRjWq1mRgbPiaqlHgh0X5SJ9yfZkEAoaOxAtoHcZMtaGSNtpoIrkZ8oM78SAE-NAuq_RSAuh8zJOm06UWRfNeXM6FkEv-SZq_QTjMLdgkvgcuvD8gPLqMCw-f7BPzlsxil4E/s640/P1030408.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the shops I frequently visit has had a collection of well covers that I've admired for the past year.  I'd love to use one as a "landing" at the bottom of my back porch steps.  Fill the hole with soil and plant moss or thyme, and I think it would look awesome.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1HT4zic1ppX4DFNilG1zcMdVHXkuiWvxtShaKlkzYgSyCx8jBx9um5mu53MI82sjSM42qdTYRv2qtJpxAO-p4cDsjqm4kpdLCqa17gPSHggMImhStGDnQG5kb_QJ11FCYAlHxxOmFfU/s1600/P1030409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1HT4zic1ppX4DFNilG1zcMdVHXkuiWvxtShaKlkzYgSyCx8jBx9um5mu53MI82sjSM42qdTYRv2qtJpxAO-p4cDsjqm4kpdLCqa17gPSHggMImhStGDnQG5kb_QJ11FCYAlHxxOmFfU/s640/P1030409.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of them even have a flat edge that would fit perfectly up against a set of stairs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They're a little big to fit in your trunk but the store will deliver and set them right into place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wonder if they have a layway plan?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3PdSumpunNhYlJziSPvO79iw9aoKj3dzUHJC-d-oBBlbkcXzFVN9icEWoceaI5fkqDYFDfOPmMoD7v2MFhZz0-Bq0imMIRvYmU7J_84PwSjcxd5SITtL2jUjZ_pIhRDF3RpXrD5VOkM/s1600/rockport+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3PdSumpunNhYlJziSPvO79iw9aoKj3dzUHJC-d-oBBlbkcXzFVN9icEWoceaI5fkqDYFDfOPmMoD7v2MFhZz0-Bq0imMIRvYmU7J_84PwSjcxd5SITtL2jUjZ_pIhRDF3RpXrD5VOkM/s640/rockport+1.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On my way back from Maine, I zipped over to Rockport to pick up a painting I fell in love with a few weeks ago.  I put a moratorium on art buying but I couldn't stand the idea of it going to someone else's home.  I've always found this artist's work very inspiring and this painting really has really sparked my desire to pursue artwork again.  I'll do post on his work sometime soon to see what you think about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, I had my camera with me so I thought I take another photo of Motif #1.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJ5sCg2A998jKbxhtkOoOB3v8-_lYZm4kzscGAYsAunC4harnqsz6lXdNqHhlE3t-zg016JLY5xHDgD429MhAZBWy6qPVvu1Qod_oLRnyCJI93raC7O3wyT1BBkkiPxMpcMUD7l5gvB0/s1600/rockport0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJ5sCg2A998jKbxhtkOoOB3v8-_lYZm4kzscGAYsAunC4harnqsz6lXdNqHhlE3t-zg016JLY5xHDgD429MhAZBWy6qPVvu1Qod_oLRnyCJI93raC7O3wyT1BBkkiPxMpcMUD7l5gvB0/s640/rockport0.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's what it looked like when I was there last month.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIGQcrtH3Ty2syaob0wC-E44Quoihl5wnD5RLCDpDLzNGuiYE7dEZyhPaqYhsG99MTr7UgoLet09ea-ioBXrElKg_svO9rGJhQszZPbtmbowDQpsMh9mJY3eE4EJfz0Ta3DeRg5MXRAU/s1600/rockport2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIGQcrtH3Ty2syaob0wC-E44Quoihl5wnD5RLCDpDLzNGuiYE7dEZyhPaqYhsG99MTr7UgoLet09ea-ioBXrElKg_svO9rGJhQszZPbtmbowDQpsMh9mJY3eE4EJfz0Ta3DeRg5MXRAU/s640/rockport2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rockport Harbor.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">And here it was yesterday.  No fuzzy edges on things.  Even though the town is now teeming with tourists, and there is some dude to my right with a camera much nicer than mine, the photos give the feeling of complete stillness and solitude.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was on the road for six hours.  I'm happy to be staying at home for the holiday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What are you up to?</div></div>

On the Road Again

Yesterday I spent the day in my car fighting pre-holiday traffic to pick up something in Maine. I made a special trip through a wonderful historic town (just so you could see it!) and I'll share some of the photos in another post.  The first time I went to Snug Harbor Farm, I was admiring these lar…

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TheDaily.com 4th of July Video featuring My Star-Spangled 4th of July Party

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C2b-a81ji8o" width="560"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As my last three posts have mentioned, last weekend I created a 4th of July themed party for TheDaily.  Here is the completed video.  It was so beautifully shot and produced by their team- thanks to <i>Beryl Shereshewsky and Kyle Walling!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbLT44xx3mtOJOM50ay_HXt4-6kQThF3Nj1KYu4qIoptAY1iEVtPbGFf8jWwyoA-PuDt1qhBb9cqBFv6Bbk3P_H8eIhioilzRjTrejRYH4Ccbxkq-IHMQa-94fTpTi4YyRTpJbTo6f7LM/s1600/star-party.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbLT44xx3mtOJOM50ay_HXt4-6kQThF3Nj1KYu4qIoptAY1iEVtPbGFf8jWwyoA-PuDt1qhBb9cqBFv6Bbk3P_H8eIhioilzRjTrejRYH4Ccbxkq-IHMQa-94fTpTi4YyRTpJbTo6f7LM/s640/star-party.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/4th-of-july-table-setting-red-white.html">Visit here to see all of the details from the Star-Spangled 4th of July Party.</a></div>

TheDaily.com 4th of July Video featuring My Star-Spangled 4th of July Party

As my last three posts have mentioned, last weekend I created a 4th of July themed party for TheDaily.  Here is the completed video.  It was so beautifully shot and produced by their team- thanks to Beryl Shereshewsky and Kyle Walling!Visit here to see all of the details from the Star-Spangled 4th o…

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4th of July Table Setting, Red White & Blue Ice Cream Cake, & Star Spangled Sangria

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbLT44xx3mtOJOM50ay_HXt4-6kQThF3Nj1KYu4qIoptAY1iEVtPbGFf8jWwyoA-PuDt1qhBb9cqBFv6Bbk3P_H8eIhioilzRjTrejRYH4Ccbxkq-IHMQa-94fTpTi4YyRTpJbTo6f7LM/s1600/star-party.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbLT44xx3mtOJOM50ay_HXt4-6kQThF3Nj1KYu4qIoptAY1iEVtPbGFf8jWwyoA-PuDt1qhBb9cqBFv6Bbk3P_H8eIhioilzRjTrejRYH4Ccbxkq-IHMQa-94fTpTi4YyRTpJbTo6f7LM/s640/star-party.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="pin-it-button" count-layout="horizontal" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjennysteffens.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F06%2F4th-of-july-table-setting-red-white.html&media=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-yGNdKxigUVI%2FT-xcSArcFlI%2FAAAAAAAALLE%2Fs_ydRtdJFfU%2Fs1600%2Fstar-party2.jpg&description=Star-Spangled%204th%20of%20July%20Party%0A%0ARed%2C%20White%20%26%20Blueberry%20Ice%20Cream%20Cake%2C%20Star-Spangled%20Sangria%2C%20Festive%20Flag%20Table%20Setting%20%26%20More%21%20%20%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fjennysteffens.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F06%2F4th-of-july-table-setting-red-white.html"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week, <a href="http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/06/28/062812-arts-diy-july4-zzfpvzz/">TheDaily.com</a> came to my house to shoot a video for a<a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/thedailycom-4th-of-july-video-featuring.html"> 4th of July video</a>.  I created this "Star-Spangled 4th of July Party" complete with a <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/red-white-blueberry-ice-cream-cake-for.html">Red, White and Blueberry Ice Cream Cake</a>, baskets of berries, a Help Yourself Bar with <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/star-spangled-sangria-4th-of-july.html">Star-Spangled Sangria</a>.  For the behind the scenes scoop, <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/4th-of-july-video-shoot-for-thedailycom.html">visit this blog post</a>.   To watch the video they beautifully produced, <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/thedailycom-4th-of-july-video-featuring.html">click here</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkXaATY-cjIt3ualV_Qe5PT57GGnioBxTvV70FGOx9OCwaVTxrpjfpOmOA6uhrH5tfAbz3vMSAdMYRJYDlon7Qu6lK9BpabfWnVLhUS5JCijb-2nwEblKJYPYnWQeR11B811RwZarfo-Q/s1600/IMG_8057.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkXaATY-cjIt3ualV_Qe5PT57GGnioBxTvV70FGOx9OCwaVTxrpjfpOmOA6uhrH5tfAbz3vMSAdMYRJYDlon7Qu6lK9BpabfWnVLhUS5JCijb-2nwEblKJYPYnWQeR11B811RwZarfo-Q/s640/IMG_8057.JPG" width="640" /></a> <br /><br />Here is the complete table with the <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/red-white-blueberry-ice-cream-cake-for.html">Red, White & Blueberry Ice Cream Cake</a> as the centerpiece.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboJpf4phPx7dsYv66uIyezCWLszeeDF73XDz9p5FjGrNJzloKf2xAIidL1DoVHyBq0HkuDawffeIpmVywL-LAk4gFcBnV9bI3jAkKErK9_xjQg5G2T8VpcJvbanJHfpHD24ofXiq6_KC-/s1600/IMG_8043.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboJpf4phPx7dsYv66uIyezCWLszeeDF73XDz9p5FjGrNJzloKf2xAIidL1DoVHyBq0HkuDawffeIpmVywL-LAk4gFcBnV9bI3jAkKErK9_xjQg5G2T8VpcJvbanJHfpHD24ofXiq6_KC-/s640/IMG_8043.JPG" width="640" /></a> <br /><br />I set the table (yes, that is my farm table that is usually on my sun porch) in our back yard under a big tree.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxP4khlRVDzk1N4GaDAvfvhOHeTpqhqX66YRcM-KQk9J0RNhb6RMuMX4DAB941liugXMSBwtZ-moWrCJBGdmA-XAwGm-Szik2UGgzmuWW6m7McrANDhrIcG1o_3Y5UDV73i0x8PqWNjQcN/s1600/4th+sangria.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxP4khlRVDzk1N4GaDAvfvhOHeTpqhqX66YRcM-KQk9J0RNhb6RMuMX4DAB941liugXMSBwtZ-moWrCJBGdmA-XAwGm-Szik2UGgzmuWW6m7McrANDhrIcG1o_3Y5UDV73i0x8PqWNjQcN/s640/4th+sangria.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /><br />Here is the Help Yourself Bar featuring Star-Spangled Sangria with Mason Jar glasses.  <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/star-spangled-sangria-4th-of-july.html">Here is a link to the DIY instructions for setting up this bar and easy patio decorations</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tmcKxh1kN1dJZpqomApnJliiwEPtcEEsqS0rYeIjAOqa0vVXVQlZ8MvPb5EQID2q0P5T129-nh1OUu0ay3Nj0PdtW3eQnNNxHD4IKQycFBVgf91BlsWYF-RZlDdwhoWzMqY44-ibF61N/s1600/IMG_8028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tmcKxh1kN1dJZpqomApnJliiwEPtcEEsqS0rYeIjAOqa0vVXVQlZ8MvPb5EQID2q0P5T129-nh1OUu0ay3Nj0PdtW3eQnNNxHD4IKQycFBVgf91BlsWYF-RZlDdwhoWzMqY44-ibF61N/s640/IMG_8028.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />I made the stars for the sangria out of a red apple cut with a cookie cutter... it really couldn't have been easier.   Here is the recipe for the <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/star-spangled-sangria-4th-of-july.html">Star-Spangled Sangria</a>.  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQClDHb0bNq3GAOil3bfnc4S3Vve38I4x3-eGdhtZg9NU1x5U-D-xxP12YBTITMP2hDgd86qS5GtLA-f0pAcG8p0Xqb3iVQxAlVTHjbyi8rBSfmyf7nwW8BYyIxUTAjEinehTirtx-uPs/s1600/IMG_8058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQClDHb0bNq3GAOil3bfnc4S3Vve38I4x3-eGdhtZg9NU1x5U-D-xxP12YBTITMP2hDgd86qS5GtLA-f0pAcG8p0Xqb3iVQxAlVTHjbyi8rBSfmyf7nwW8BYyIxUTAjEinehTirtx-uPs/s640/IMG_8058.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, I used navy tin plates that had a shiny silver edge - great for outdoor entertaining.  Down the table I used mason jars filled with rock salt and flags for a little height and festivity.  </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWiLzjAnJFlvmwcHJbFo8k_r-JnZINgmD_mfW_0mgkLY7Fe7v9MLZ-pNJuCoe7vlJ2dAHRbx_IxxfQd2FVNWTJw63opDyF-_CB3usU2Y2BqiaeYeZpegqtg2BP6T8D74YASXo_eAeT3Fe/s1600/IMG_7969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWiLzjAnJFlvmwcHJbFo8k_r-JnZINgmD_mfW_0mgkLY7Fe7v9MLZ-pNJuCoe7vlJ2dAHRbx_IxxfQd2FVNWTJw63opDyF-_CB3usU2Y2BqiaeYeZpegqtg2BP6T8D74YASXo_eAeT3Fe/s640/IMG_7969.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br />On the table I tucked baskets of blueberries, cherries and strawberries amongst the flags for a seasonal touch... and who doesn't love an edible centerpiece.  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphWJGntTmSxaaRFszo2n96rjzbGD-LqkseJl-S9fDee4yaEQHOyCR0GzMPISzgzlvX-yTJulhRHJYUSTcxAd2Zu6tkzs7QV33oMitQn-4o1jQePi2KsV4hmVk2GjYBUWqf4UiYWV45q8n/s1600/IMG_8056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphWJGntTmSxaaRFszo2n96rjzbGD-LqkseJl-S9fDee4yaEQHOyCR0GzMPISzgzlvX-yTJulhRHJYUSTcxAd2Zu6tkzs7QV33oMitQn-4o1jQePi2KsV4hmVk2GjYBUWqf4UiYWV45q8n/s640/IMG_8056.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speaking of edible centerpieces... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcakwoeoFmqi_dXAZRe2Ahi51zsLOEh0ueZqwLPT4MmxmAN4SjOa_bAZ7Vxf8YWasjO1Ktg_o4H-8gWUJpBWt7sXkVZkTKk6HzoKRJ_waIXXkiRuMawgE8OHrqmiUYN_1NQKmxbi85eqk/s1600/IMG_8078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcakwoeoFmqi_dXAZRe2Ahi51zsLOEh0ueZqwLPT4MmxmAN4SjOa_bAZ7Vxf8YWasjO1Ktg_o4H-8gWUJpBWt7sXkVZkTKk6HzoKRJ_waIXXkiRuMawgE8OHrqmiUYN_1NQKmxbi85eqk/s640/IMG_8078.jpg" width="502" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This ice cream cake is three layers with strawberry and blueberry soaked cake inside- it truly is red, white and blue.  And delicious.  And easy.   Here is the <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/red-white-blueberry-ice-cream-cake-for.html">recipe</a>! <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/thedailycom-4th-of-july-video-featuring.html">Watch the video for the step-by-step instructions</a>! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click below to continue reading after the break!</div><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_U41_I1AU8fpxZoj9hksOa4uwfnSNHK4xwzZhFmnvKy1B63cM5AhjItH0LjY-eeoZ5gXjwOBj9MKBfj_TOFBE5fAAU91uCtnB88cVggItRR9YoG1_tZSx0PlqNeBZgmV1dJMVMcrVb3X/s1600/IMG_8047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_U41_I1AU8fpxZoj9hksOa4uwfnSNHK4xwzZhFmnvKy1B63cM5AhjItH0LjY-eeoZ5gXjwOBj9MKBfj_TOFBE5fAAU91uCtnB88cVggItRR9YoG1_tZSx0PlqNeBZgmV1dJMVMcrVb3X/s640/IMG_8047.jpg" width="492" /></a> </div><br />I love how the table turned out.  It is casual, but definitely festive and it feels appropriate for the occasion- no fancy floral centerpieces or taper candles here!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pMNsvQ7TGEVqvCTlbWwlevQBsSS4FMjbPTpwJkD0MdtMpRF1IFq8cc36bxGjIKnKN_fPgIciRj7NzKLxkNKyDvIOuIolsxsZiUo07Ikz1-Z2GHizGZl2-sFkB_9MpqVXOcOWCNdlPSBH/s1600/IMG_7970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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4th of July Table Setting, Red White & Blue Ice Cream Cake, & Star Spangled Sangria

Last week, TheDaily.com came to my house to shoot a video for a 4th of July video.  I created this "Star-Spangled 4th of July Party" complete with a Red, White and Blueberry Ice Cream Cake, baskets of berries, a Help Yourself Bar with Star-Spangled Sangria.  For the behind the scenes scoop, visit th…

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4th of July Video Shoot for TheDaily.com | Behind the Scenes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3ocIAiYRM0-Pl9pDsKUG2SITP8hG9NYHnqfWk_ZSdTKkGDQzgMK8Fk__jX12vbH4OCYavyohssjcbGc7E4rzx0JRGmU40ZJTMZByM9MQREZmYZMPLjVZFBu3UtXOFVn4wqGlUKWJ7H1x/s1600/IMG_7974.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3ocIAiYRM0-Pl9pDsKUG2SITP8hG9NYHnqfWk_ZSdTKkGDQzgMK8Fk__jX12vbH4OCYavyohssjcbGc7E4rzx0JRGmU40ZJTMZByM9MQREZmYZMPLjVZFBu3UtXOFVn4wqGlUKWJ7H1x/s640/IMG_7974.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week we had some visitors in Concord.  A team from TheDaily.com came out to do a 4th of July shoot - my first video shoot.  The video posts tomorrow (Thursday) morning - I'll share a link as soon as it is up! UPDATE : here is the <a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/4th-of-july-video-shoot-for-thedailycom.html">link to the video</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNao1TaAXT3HijFoVL8fv6zJamCLbKZO_vRVUmqsuBkou6vlDD8ReUJzB7EwjRO4Nitg_2kSZpNbbBPKKbHWG9_tAFxMukZRGqzO7Qy_XB2EZWryAVxcr-efKaiCJxFJopzjma-pmWJtnk/s1600/IMG_7967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNao1TaAXT3HijFoVL8fv6zJamCLbKZO_vRVUmqsuBkou6vlDD8ReUJzB7EwjRO4Nitg_2kSZpNbbBPKKbHWG9_tAFxMukZRGqzO7Qy_XB2EZWryAVxcr-efKaiCJxFJopzjma-pmWJtnk/s640/IMG_7967.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The table was set with flags and berries in baskets... I set the scene and they brought their equipment to film.   Here are all of my props before we set the table.  Everything was shot step-by-step. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFadLi6S46yCm5zq8PqyFX8TCbV4Lr4gwXsBBhR5rK4l9WeNclPnar-tiBHwxV7iBGzAwQ7Zpas9tAr24nU4Kc-SHz29HohgCb0D5J-5psY9fH_nO_p6gnvRsWi3o9cvOl2rExHKVMP1s/s1600/IMG_7983.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFadLi6S46yCm5zq8PqyFX8TCbV4Lr4gwXsBBhR5rK4l9WeNclPnar-tiBHwxV7iBGzAwQ7Zpas9tAr24nU4Kc-SHz29HohgCb0D5J-5psY9fH_nO_p6gnvRsWi3o9cvOl2rExHKVMP1s/s640/IMG_7983.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Jealous of their fancy lenses.  Of course, I talked the photographer's ear off about photography... <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWDmgLS7yv1DzxAIpY-lf4bb87OmArbOaPElFpmC7iIzT3nRvnq0uRaNkaiJHu2Y2HaObq9MpkW11BYZxt9o6pmfeIY1ixx5vTFqD_87eNa5ZRVYkCz7xBcW2uJjhzZgPlmo6NqHlAZjP/s1600/IMG_7981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWDmgLS7yv1DzxAIpY-lf4bb87OmArbOaPElFpmC7iIzT3nRvnq0uRaNkaiJHu2Y2HaObq9MpkW11BYZxt9o6pmfeIY1ixx5vTFqD_87eNa5ZRVYkCz7xBcW2uJjhzZgPlmo6NqHlAZjP/s640/IMG_7981.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />...anything for some free photog lessons, right?  It was great just to watch him and take notes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWiLzjAnJFlvmwcHJbFo8k_r-JnZINgmD_mfW_0mgkLY7Fe7v9MLZ-pNJuCoe7vlJ2dAHRbx_IxxfQd2FVNWTJw63opDyF-_CB3usU2Y2BqiaeYeZpegqtg2BP6T8D74YASXo_eAeT3Fe/s1600/IMG_7969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWiLzjAnJFlvmwcHJbFo8k_r-JnZINgmD_mfW_0mgkLY7Fe7v9MLZ-pNJuCoe7vlJ2dAHRbx_IxxfQd2FVNWTJw63opDyF-_CB3usU2Y2BqiaeYeZpegqtg2BP6T8D74YASXo_eAeT3Fe/s640/IMG_7969.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />The blueberries are ready... almost a little too ready as they were baking in the hot sun we had last week.  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xIP4PPugpO4VzUaLTzNuWxvIuSQmw4bPcgloRL02_sFdPnSt0OIErZvyK3Nnr3Tl6pmQ2AHNsCd-k4HM9OXThDK-lzaheweCHRyfIUtdvvtCq3TWWPnU7bVKF5nFkjM-oFjGyqu3nEJo/s1600/IMG_8036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xIP4PPugpO4VzUaLTzNuWxvIuSQmw4bPcgloRL02_sFdPnSt0OIErZvyK3Nnr3Tl6pmQ2AHNsCd-k4HM9OXThDK-lzaheweCHRyfIUtdvvtCq3TWWPnU7bVKF5nFkjM-oFjGyqu3nEJo/s640/IMG_8036.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />In my kitchen, they filmed me making a Red White & Blue 4th of July Ice Cream Cake... it looked a lot different in there than it does when it is just me and my camera on a little tripod.  Now I know why the Barefoot Contessa built a barn!  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRluc8Q0GSCkCmiLAbZFf6bNxmuMeKoxeBXXmVr4P-Hp3T0FSvN15zSC4ZnnBvoUPeKdIpKJjlIX71g9aWMYkRaVE-oph68KkzzkiRXP39Uzw0vxHkzE-CExB7QCbggJUbpAHalJw2ZhN/s1600/IMG_8034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRluc8Q0GSCkCmiLAbZFf6bNxmuMeKoxeBXXmVr4P-Hp3T0FSvN15zSC4ZnnBvoUPeKdIpKJjlIX71g9aWMYkRaVE-oph68KkzzkiRXP39Uzw0vxHkzE-CExB7QCbggJUbpAHalJw2ZhN/s640/IMG_8034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Emma's first shoot- she's a natural. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbLT44xx3mtOJOM50ay_HXt4-6kQThF3Nj1KYu4qIoptAY1iEVtPbGFf8jWwyoA-PuDt1qhBb9cqBFv6Bbk3P_H8eIhioilzRjTrejRYH4Ccbxkq-IHMQa-94fTpTi4YyRTpJbTo6f7LM/s1600/star-party.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbLT44xx3mtOJOM50ay_HXt4-6kQThF3Nj1KYu4qIoptAY1iEVtPbGFf8jWwyoA-PuDt1qhBb9cqBFv6Bbk3P_H8eIhioilzRjTrejRYH4Ccbxkq-IHMQa-94fTpTi4YyRTpJbTo6f7LM/s640/star-party.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2012/06/4th-of-july-table-setting-red-white.html">Visit here to see the beautiful video they created and all of the details from the Star-Spangled 4th of July Party.</a>

4th of July Video Shoot for TheDaily.com | Behind the Scenes

Last week we had some visitors in Concord.  A team from TheDaily.com came out to do a 4th of July shoot - my first video shoot.  The video posts tomorrow (Thursday) morning - I'll share a link as soon as it is up! UPDATE : here is the link to the video!The table was set with flags and berries in bas…

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Walter Gropius House

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3WuvwKZkR0k1ctxEXhYy3lNqbuIgTxHi6VqxV4ZUigd_EThQtxoHdz09Io3_ShYQR3BsneS1lk36yPl620HY4F0xQkc92Iz6uROSkrpoZP4SPF7ti3QF0CCtXAybK4IhOinUWzL_CNg/s1600/Wiki+Gropius_House.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3WuvwKZkR0k1ctxEXhYy3lNqbuIgTxHi6VqxV4ZUigd_EThQtxoHdz09Io3_ShYQR3BsneS1lk36yPl620HY4F0xQkc92Iz6uROSkrpoZP4SPF7ti3QF0CCtXAybK4IhOinUWzL_CNg/s400/Wiki+Gropius_House.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropius_House">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you happen to be taking a backroad shortcut from Walden Pond through the woods to the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., you'll most likely buzz past this modern house tucked among the old Colonials.  Since I learned about the Walter Gropius house in Lincoln, I've wanted to go take a tour of this National Historic Landmark.   </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walter Gropius, if not a familiar name, was the founder of the Bauhaus School of architecture whose faculty included Paul Klee, Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky to name a few.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJnygE77H0CYf_eqVD5dxgDVgOoNM_CQhTethny8q85xOWxXTfX_S15zbXcr79tnjPzBFeQnEmfML4wsxmQ__eYf-kRjoT9dqdCl_5NhdPuQTImqV0Q5IeSaCKqYqTG2P72ms9EnYI48/s1600/P1030321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJnygE77H0CYf_eqVD5dxgDVgOoNM_CQhTethny8q85xOWxXTfX_S15zbXcr79tnjPzBFeQnEmfML4wsxmQ__eYf-kRjoT9dqdCl_5NhdPuQTImqV0Q5IeSaCKqYqTG2P72ms9EnYI48/s320/P1030321.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gropius escaped Nazi Germany in 1937 and came to Cambridge where he</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">taught at the Harvard School of Design with Marcel Breuer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure you know Breuer's <a href="http://www.knoll.com/products/product.jsp?prod_id=65">Wassily</a> and <a href="http://www.dwr.com/product/cesca-arm-chair-cane.do">Cesca</a> chairs even if</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you're not familiar with his architecture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gropius' house in Lincoln was built in 1938.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigES9Q4P4KEEDqgY9jFzWWyFSDAZPgkoYqjfzHE4B24-Qe81wVzfp3v-f11v5dMV0yvxEBM5SNgvt5xCy6bDORbRqMoNu7XRNtlvEtT-ako6Q9ixGzQ2szj-SXfm5SJlPedCrABZ62OrA/s1600/P1030332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigES9Q4P4KEEDqgY9jFzWWyFSDAZPgkoYqjfzHE4B24-Qe81wVzfp3v-f11v5dMV0yvxEBM5SNgvt5xCy6bDORbRqMoNu7XRNtlvEtT-ako6Q9ixGzQ2szj-SXfm5SJlPedCrABZ62OrA/s640/P1030332.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sculpture in front of the house is by <a href="http://www.acmefineart.com/show-filipowski-2009-press.htm">Richard Filipowski</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and was installed by Gropius in the 1950s.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2eA6TV-8gjNO2jX9rxkv7yDKHGY6moz3lQQdYAzPhDjQIky6bOdSDFif-G4DJoJHDWwyus33aoKB4JE7USK9yv0UysI8jA9Rl0uaNoc7hIGvSX1sMYCVI4HnRzpgSAB2B_kGMyO6ec8/s1600/P1030324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2eA6TV-8gjNO2jX9rxkv7yDKHGY6moz3lQQdYAzPhDjQIky6bOdSDFif-G4DJoJHDWwyus33aoKB4JE7USK9yv0UysI8jA9Rl0uaNoc7hIGvSX1sMYCVI4HnRzpgSAB2B_kGMyO6ec8/s640/P1030324.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sculpture is titled "Winter Pine."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcx83XeGggAzEvothxlHLwyayEgnZeep3VCAIMPnDk5Ir43uWOGxD1FkEmhTtYK9QBUHZwkVT8dkWJFO4HBGPHBif-ydRpmgmUPNVtLHdu_y5hZT9cN-tW44I5l8L5U9GaYQzzJppc30/s1600/P1030326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcx83XeGggAzEvothxlHLwyayEgnZeep3VCAIMPnDk5Ir43uWOGxD1FkEmhTtYK9QBUHZwkVT8dkWJFO4HBGPHBif-ydRpmgmUPNVtLHdu_y5hZT9cN-tW44I5l8L5U9GaYQzzJppc30/s640/P1030326.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Side of house looking into the living room and upstairs deck.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TS-7CXNmOms-5fi6xLTf_V7353efVtRObTPVNp5XW87n2hbKi91yST9Lpzqcs2aJqQlZW7O1dYJ6_Tl9APVcCygcURFH0n3PbcJCI4TRg8bDnpuiNZ_vx7e__dOmjydcEFEN9pv3C8M/s1600/P1030329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TS-7CXNmOms-5fi6xLTf_V7353efVtRObTPVNp5XW87n2hbKi91yST9Lpzqcs2aJqQlZW7O1dYJ6_Tl9APVcCygcURFH0n3PbcJCI4TRg8bDnpuiNZ_vx7e__dOmjydcEFEN9pv3C8M/s640/P1030329.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />View of rear of house.  The oak was planted when the house was built.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GruWWOCvSSkwNxihmiGUOReTjb9eNzCOuRIZOemYXWGiyDsSP9AXEyzaf2P25N8NUmya-MPM7mdosto9tKwVgW8CdB2M_eA5e7LmAUbcpdSKTyQaCEqnrqoqyfRb09oQBmQTFQYrCfE/s1600/Picture+7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GruWWOCvSSkwNxihmiGUOReTjb9eNzCOuRIZOemYXWGiyDsSP9AXEyzaf2P25N8NUmya-MPM7mdosto9tKwVgW8CdB2M_eA5e7LmAUbcpdSKTyQaCEqnrqoqyfRb09oQBmQTFQYrCfE/s400/Picture+7.png" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Interior photos of the house are not allowed on the tour but I've</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">borrowed a few from the Historic <a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Gropius%20House/gropius-house">New England website</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The house has been maintained as it was at the time of Gropius' death in 1969.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_8TRtWR2nnB0o36TyMEMv4Ux5KGXOkol6xJhN1QlX6-nJOlaRgNZwFt5nOXDr01t4zGMDjMVhPuUjy4xDuCXKrWLpAwPooof0zz8TI_RB7JrTd9JB3UfeP_pP7nNVX7nnKN1ByTpVtg/s1600/Picture+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_8TRtWR2nnB0o36TyMEMv4Ux5KGXOkol6xJhN1QlX6-nJOlaRgNZwFt5nOXDr01t4zGMDjMVhPuUjy4xDuCXKrWLpAwPooof0zz8TI_RB7JrTd9JB3UfeP_pP7nNVX7nnKN1ByTpVtg/s400/Picture+1.png" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just inside the front door is Gropius' office.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The chairs are Saarinen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lhXMo2erTXAM7XKUchtaWoyUZ6-0CKv8C91gaErnyesL_ZfCKaAYD8aTKLTnrnIqOydzlaNJWcx1wttXk3_0xfuc3BoIbBnsfp3teraQdywJPPvjudsK2bd_Vb1XlxQHup508mbQUjw/s1600/Picture+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lhXMo2erTXAM7XKUchtaWoyUZ6-0CKv8C91gaErnyesL_ZfCKaAYD8aTKLTnrnIqOydzlaNJWcx1wttXk3_0xfuc3BoIbBnsfp3teraQdywJPPvjudsK2bd_Vb1XlxQHup508mbQUjw/s400/Picture+3.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />The living room with picture windows that beautifully frame a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">view of the back yard and forest beyond.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The chair is a Saarinen Womb chair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I should have asked about the white leather sofa because I loved it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsj7rzuF0uOqBz-xOAlm9CZe9XEU-Jh5YCzzaxacyat1QyYAMgJG63boOL9LJJK6oQO2ZRpyjrlPsbGj2falsI5MJARP5cURNY1-hWJeG0FPhTWL2agzdqVahIOh1bM26BQTnt66eshTw/s1600/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsj7rzuF0uOqBz-xOAlm9CZe9XEU-Jh5YCzzaxacyat1QyYAMgJG63boOL9LJJK6oQO2ZRpyjrlPsbGj2falsI5MJARP5cURNY1-hWJeG0FPhTWL2agzdqVahIOh1bM26BQTnt66eshTw/s400/image.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View from the dining room looking back in to the living room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See the little vents just below the dining room windows?  Gropius had a second heating system just to keep the windows frost-free in the wintertime.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Mtz2Hiz-s9DFFsj5wDbgiVow27dhyphenhyphenuZjLMhwz1oNhazcMFrJ8SBreVf-JITK_ZePrVLkPgtxaGc2laRiX8ExNqW8PY6qP8U_Ua9CnqSHS-fhemJmyFVS6rGNJu71ItAKpnw3EjB7txs/s1600/Picture+5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Mtz2Hiz-s9DFFsj5wDbgiVow27dhyphenhyphenuZjLMhwz1oNhazcMFrJ8SBreVf-JITK_ZePrVLkPgtxaGc2laRiX8ExNqW8PY6qP8U_Ua9CnqSHS-fhemJmyFVS6rGNJu71ItAKpnw3EjB7txs/s400/Picture+5.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kitchen is very fun.  Small but adequate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another windows that frames a view of the landscape.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikXpOLkUbK0GUNFWuK9boBDvaHOXfJEprwRt5_75GEsLhQI_i8RObVpMRJ6as01YxbzirODwc8RIMfjIVwUo6dBHHCNu-GnyPx5iQ17fuQCOm7SGzvnRNBFOx7oxwP-zPbDH1HQz3akc/s1600/31855pre_56623bc1bc8e33b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikXpOLkUbK0GUNFWuK9boBDvaHOXfJEprwRt5_75GEsLhQI_i8RObVpMRJ6as01YxbzirODwc8RIMfjIVwUo6dBHHCNu-GnyPx5iQ17fuQCOm7SGzvnRNBFOx7oxwP-zPbDH1HQz3akc/s400/31855pre_56623bc1bc8e33b.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the period bathrooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Notice the typical Bauhaus palette of black, white, gray and red.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdeuH0zWGLP7s6lTB5KW8oTbqF-c3YoLhlSY-_9GTOYeCw8TSZanJBGkKOFgQoJexNI65EfSH-BH9-EgvukQp0AHId0s6wtJwZRwXu6UuIZ1uJ2H2l0oZkiomb_fFV_2swrfD5-EnQuI/s1600/Picture+8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdeuH0zWGLP7s6lTB5KW8oTbqF-c3YoLhlSY-_9GTOYeCw8TSZanJBGkKOFgQoJexNI65EfSH-BH9-EgvukQp0AHId0s6wtJwZRwXu6UuIZ1uJ2H2l0oZkiomb_fFV_2swrfD5-EnQuI/s320/Picture+8.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dressing room and master bedroom is set up as if his wife Ise would</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">be right back to get ready to entertain guests that evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her Merimekko dress is laid out on the bed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvRRhfGq6OnMYxwkAK3WcsUPTpl63Io02_HyPztXucmPdz7BKEDMCAyUKrAsHBcCwvy-mxNXJGIqwe9xGcySiI8AM_o6liSpQ4zFMB76QNzxjOJbzrYLQzKsTt1Q6bm0MQSr7fjaBTTk/s1600/Picture+10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvRRhfGq6OnMYxwkAK3WcsUPTpl63Io02_HyPztXucmPdz7BKEDMCAyUKrAsHBcCwvy-mxNXJGIqwe9xGcySiI8AM_o6liSpQ4zFMB76QNzxjOJbzrYLQzKsTt1Q6bm0MQSr7fjaBTTk/s320/Picture+10.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A shot of daughter Ati's room.  I love that wall light!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMIC5ZvcYFaKlb4Exe2akQzuEinoW9hS2shfLpDoqyR_u5LI5zaWyF_GPKxwQCXvyP4xh5ZMn1NC0gmjmXi2FGzDDbJoxFl3LtBrlg_g48tMpJOScWebNS198CHAujOBCBa5uNhxZyuk/s1600/IMG_0687.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMIC5ZvcYFaKlb4Exe2akQzuEinoW9hS2shfLpDoqyR_u5LI5zaWyF_GPKxwQCXvyP4xh5ZMn1NC0gmjmXi2FGzDDbJoxFl3LtBrlg_g48tMpJOScWebNS198CHAujOBCBa5uNhxZyuk/s400/IMG_0687.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View of the back of the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would highly recommend taking the tour; it's a 1969 moment frozen in time.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A one-hour tour is $10.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Gropius%20House/gropius-house">Gropius House</a><br jquery1340823014275="40" />68 Baker Bridge Road<br jquery1340823014275="41" />Lincoln, Mass. 01773</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlczYyooRp5BcFwHerENZeO7bN9b_DZb5cEBQ0q6OCfnYubWbiJlPD67_GlgWBPDb8UJtN1V6gJmbFG5fplCujU4lfyJVL0Wg9HDoxwpMkJNm8tQPJOz3LsOXd8WQ1q5G8B1frAqOyrI/s1600/P92516451.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlczYyooRp5BcFwHerENZeO7bN9b_DZb5cEBQ0q6OCfnYubWbiJlPD67_GlgWBPDb8UJtN1V6gJmbFG5fplCujU4lfyJVL0Wg9HDoxwpMkJNm8tQPJOz3LsOXd8WQ1q5G8B1frAqOyrI/s640/P92516451.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's privately owned (so not open to the public) but just down the road is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Marcel Breuer house.  It's well worth a walk down the road just to see it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div></div>

Walter Gropius House

SourceIf you happen to be taking a backroad shortcut from Walden Pond through the woods to the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., you'll most likely buzz past this modern house tucked among the old Colonials.  Since I learned about the Walter Gropius house in Lincoln, I've wanted to go take a tour …

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Tastes of Summer : 4th of July Menu Idea | Ribs, Grilled Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Garden Tomatoes Watermelon Margarita & Peach Crostata

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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In just a couple of days we'll be on our way back to Kansas City for the 4th of July.  Last year we didn't make it home for the 4th and while we had a great time watching the famed Boston Fireworks display, I hated hearing about the festivities back home.  I told Mike that we would absolutely be going back for the 4th this year.  I can't wait to spend the 4th of July out in the country at my parents' house for a casual day by the pool with the entire family.  There will be mountains of food, kids in the pool and my Brother and my Dad setting off a fireworks display that night (another benefit of celebrating in the country is that you can have your own display).  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I talked to my Mom, she already had the menu planned- most of it either from their garden, their field or one of their friends' gardens or fields.  Even the ribs would be from a local butcher and prepared by a family friend.  This menu is similar to what we'll having.  I think it sums up all of the best of summer - BBQ, sweet corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, peaches & watermelon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Tastes of Summer : 4th of July Menu Idea | Ribs, Grilled Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Garden Tomatoes Watermelon Margarita & Peach Crostata

In just a couple of days we'll be on our way back to Kansas City for the 4th of July.  Last year we didn't make it home for the 4th and while we had a great time watching the famed Boston Fireworks display, I hated hearing about the festivities back home.  I told Mike that we would absolutely be goi…

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