A Vintage Hodgepodge

Hello, dear friends.  How is your week going?  It has been pretty dreary around here.  I feel like I haven't seen the sun for weeks.  The weather guy is fairly optimistic that today is going to be a nice one.

Tonight I'm off to Book Club which is always a highlight of my month.

If it's Wednesday, it's time for Hodgepodge.
   

1.  What takes you out of your comfort zone?

I leave my comfort zone whenever I have to get up and search for the remote control.

2.  Your least favorite spice?

I don't care if it's good for me.

I don't like Cumin and I never will.

3.  What's a small change you'd like to make?

I'd like to lose two things:

20 pounds

and

My triple chin.

4.  Do you enjoy visiting historic homes?  

I like historic homes so much that I live in one.  The area that we reside is a historic district and is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Each home bears a plaque with the date that it was constructed. Our house was built in 1895, and it's just a youngster compared to some of the antique homes in our 'hood.

If so, of the homes you've visited which one was your favorite?  

My Sista has a beautiful home in Connecticut that was built in 1810.  If you want to take a gander, you can find her kitchen reno here.  Other posts about her lovely home can be found here, here, here, and here. 

My friend, Anne's home, which is also a favorite of mine was built in the 1880's.  You can find posts about her beautiful home here, here, and here.

What historic home near you is open to visitors?  

Have you been?

There are plenty of famous historic houses open for tours in the Boston area.  The one that I am most interested in visiting is JFK's birthplace and childhood home in Brookline.  

  

Five interesting facts about the house can be found here.

Have I mentioned that I am a Kennedyphile?

Southern Living rounded up eleven of the best in the southern part of the US and they're as follows -

Monticello (Jefferson's home in Virginia), Nathaniel Russel House (Charleston SC), Swan House (Atlanta), Ernest Hemingway's home (Key West), The Biltmore (Vanderbilt home in Asheville NC), Mount Vernon (Washington's home in Virgina), San Francisco Plantation (Garyville, Louisiana), Windsor Ruins (Port Gibson Mississippi), Longue Vue House and Gardens (New Orleans), Whitehall (Palm Beach FL), and Pebble Hill Plantation (Thomasville GA)

Have you been to any on the list?

  
I visited Ernest Hemingway's house in Key West.  If you are crazy for cats, you're going to love this tour.

Of the homes listed which would you most like to visit?

I would like to visit Nathaniel Russell House in Charleston, SC.

I chose that particular house because while I am in town, I would like to stalk look up a few imaginary old friends.

5.  What's something you think will be obsolete in ten years?  Does that make you sad or glad?

I have high hopes that colonoscopies will be a thing of the past and detection can be made through a blood test.  If you are having this delightful procedure here is my advice.  

6.  Insert your own random thought here.

Mary, Liz, moi, Laurie, and Lisa

Yesterday I met a couple of the Sudbury Sweethearts and a couple of the Ravishing Regis girls for lunch.  We met in honor of Liz who is moving to Connecticut to be close to her beautiful grandchildren. 

I am so grateful for the wonderful people that I have met through my blog.  When I moved to Massachusetts, Mary, the original Sudbury Sweetheart and blog reader contacted me and asked me to lunch.  We hit it off right away.  Mary has been kind enough to introduce me to many of her friends.

If it weren't for blogging, I would never have met these fabulous ladies and many other delightful people that I now call friends.

For that, I am eternally grateful.


Until next time...

Southern Living