The weather was too perfect to not have a fire in our driveway last Saturday. It was a small group — only three families — but it was a fun evening.
The classic image of the evening was of four girls aged 5 and under all simultaneously roasting marshmallows:

That led to some gooey mess with one [...]

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Last night wound up as another “fire in the Wilsons’ driveway” evening (followed by night golf at Smuirfield, which was followed by a little Texas Hold ‘Em — just another night in central Ohio suburbia). Julie, Carson, and Alana were en route to Virginia to return her mom to her home and to attend Julie’s [...]

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I described in a post last week that our cul de sac is getting into the habit of congregating around a fire pit on weekend evenings when the weather is nice.
This last Friday was shaping up to be a little dicey weather-wise, but Thursday evening was gorgeous, so Julie shot a note out to our [...]

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I think I’ve mentioned in the past that a local neighborhood recipe has developed that takes the following ingredients:

Gorgeous weather (which seems to be in abundance)
Friday or Saturday night
A portable fire pit
Firewood (thanks, Bob)
At least 2-3 parents from different houses seeing each other and realizing that no one has big plans for the evening

Sometimes, it’s [...]

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