Giving feels good! We support House of Ruth in Baltimore. House of Ruth Maryland is one of the nation's leading intimate partner violence centers, helping thousands of battered women and their children find the safety and security that so many of us take for granted. http://www.hruth.org/

The Baltimore Community Foundation is a philanthropic foundation created by and for the people of Greater Baltimore, where many donors join together to make the region they love a better place, today and for future generations. http://www.bcf.org/bLearnbBCFandouractionagenda/AboutBCF/tabid/181/Default.aspx

Giving feels good! We are a fan of free education with a practical curriculum. Deirdre has a "good work in the world" crush on Khan Academy, which provides a broad range of online classes, including...wait for it.. finance and economics! WOO-HOO! Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan to provide "a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere". The organization produces micro lectures in the form of YouTube videos. http://www.khanacademy.org/about

champagne goes with everything. I mean, right?!

D loves a demi-sec: dry and yet semi-sweet rose champagne. So, let's keep her happy shall we?

if you don't understand, we 'splain: Bergers are choco richness AND crunch. Carbs + Chocolate + Baltimore ting = color us happy!

Honeymoon Prep!

a must-read!

traveling mercies are just better with a durable spinner!

we prefer to get hitched to bagpipers piping! Chessie New Caledonian Bagpipers are our fave!

So.we.love.champagne. Even better if the mountain can come to Mohamed! Patrick won't have to run off for the perfect chilled bottle and strawberries if you don't want him to!

Well we are running off to Puerto Rico for a familymoon. A gift of a spa treatment will bring much-needed R&R!

Date Night! Your gift will be one that keeps on giving as we share our 2nd childhood with movies, canoeing, plays, music, lakeside dining, running down to DC for an overnight!

Little Inn at Washington? A nice little spot in Bucks County, PA? That restaurant in Virginia my dad remembers? The spot overlooking Skyline Drive? Yes, we would love to!

D's preferred sweet-side champagne from her Moet days

lux fiat

You light up my life! We will use these throughout the year as we hang, dine, sip and entertain on our deck and patio~

Some folks that come stay need an alternative to down.

Help protect my ring when it dries after its monthly bath!

furry!

A favorite to warm friends and ourselves on a chilly night! Goes very well with poetry and indie movies and Leonard Bernstein!

Every now and again, breakfast in bed is a treasured indulgence. We aren't very good at taking the time for it, but we would love to! Well, hell - #YOLO!

healthy eatzies and drinkies and cooking nights = love!~

3 cups of tea my beloveds!

party party!