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Click on the link below to read the newest entry: All submissions have been pre-screened and approved. Super Bowl Menu  Not rated yet Super Bowl Menu Game Day Preparation - Our Super Bowl Menu Hickory smoked chicken wings, oven roasted barbecued brisket, just a few ... Feb 4, 2012 Super Bowl Menu Super Bowl Menu Game Day Preparation - Our Super Bowl Menu Hickory smoked chicken wings, oven roasted barbecued brisket, just a few sliders, our favorite Permalink -- click for full blog post "Super Bowl Menu" Jan 18, 2012 Chinese Restaurants | Living In Woodbridge VA Dine in or take out...Woodbridge, VA has a fine selection of Chinese restaurants offering Cantonese, Hunan and Szechuan cuisines. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Chinese Restaurants | Living In Woodbridge VA" Jan 10, 2012 Potomac Mills Mall | Living In Woodbridge VA Potomac Mills Mall is paradise for bargain shopping...if you know where and when to shop. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Potomac Mills Mall | Living In Woodbridge VA" Jan 3, 2012 Chicken Soup For Colds A belated Happy New Year to all our readers! We do not make a habit of all becoming sick over the holidays but this year those nasty little virus bugs threw us for a loop and we may have broken the record for the total number of family members who fell ill to full blown head colds, nagging coughs and sniffles and the dreaded flu. While all these illnesses slowed us down, sometimes to a crawl, it certainly did not prevent us from celebrating. Let's say that it was done in a rather subdued way but we did ring in the new year with the traditional bubbly. We usually turn to chicken soup to lift our spirits and generally make us feel better when under the weather. In fact, we have cured serious laryngitis with a "potent" chicken soup. In any case, a bowl of hot soup will make you feel better just about any time during cold temperatures. But... Does chicken soup for colds really work to chase away the yucky feeling of being sick? Has it worked for you? Permalink -- click for full blog post "Chicken Soup For Colds" Dec 16, 2011 Linguine With Scallops | Living In Woodbridge VA Ever had fresh linguine with scallops? Coquille Saint Jacques a la parisienne makes the perfect shellfish comfort food.. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Linguine With Scallops | Living In Woodbridge VA" Dec 4, 2011 Fresh Turkeys For Holiday Meals Fresh turkeys from Wegmans take center stage on your Thanksgiving or Christmas table. Explore the different types of fresh turkeys available at your local supermarket. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Fresh Turkeys For Holiday Meals" Nov 24, 2011 Happy Thanksgiving Day! From our Home to Yours... Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving Day and a joyful Holiday season to come. P.S. With one foot here and one foot "over there", Turkey Day would not be complete in this family without a re-reading of our favorite Art Buchwald piece: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdue. It is just as funny today as it was when we first read it back in the '50s. Nov 22, 2011 Potomac Town Center | Living In Woodbridge VA Retailers and restaurants coming to Potomac Town Center Permalink -- click for full blog post "Potomac Town Center | Living In Woodbridge VA" Nov 22, 2011 A Pumpkin Pie For Thanksgiving Now you know it would not be Thanksgiving without a pumpkin pie on the table... Some of our favorite recipes, including those for pumpkin pie were found in newspapers, magazines and coupon inserts. Over the years, we've found dozens of pumpkin pie recipes posted by various manufacturers such as Libby's© or Carnation©. This recipe comes from the November 10, 1991 issue of Parade Magazine. Pumpkin pie is always a welcome addition to Fall family gatherings, and of course the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. This particular variation on the traditional pumpkin pie recipe seemed yummy when we first found the recipe and still is on the list of requests for Turkey Day. Several of the little people are now grown men who are still serious pumpkin pie devotees. In our family, there is always room at the dessert table for yet another variation on pumpkin pie. Sensational Double Layer Pumpkin Pie 1 (3 oz.) package of Philadelphia Brand® cream cheese, softened. 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon cold half and half, milk or cream. 1 tablespoon sugar 1 1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip® whipped topping 1 Keebler® Ready-Crust® graham cracker pie crust (6 oz.) 2 packages (4 serving size) JELL-O® Vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling 1 can (16 oz.) pumpkin, canned 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves. Spices, particularly those we tend to use only once or twice a year, have a definite shelf life so buy fresh spices if needed - it makes a world of difference in the flavor. Nov 17, 2011 Living In Woodbridge VA Rail Services Are you getting a "No Such URL" return while searching our website for Rail Services information? During the past week, we've been consolidating portions of information throughout our website. As a result, the information found on several smaller individual pages has been added to established pages on the same topic. Before hitting the delete button on any page, we make sure that all the information found on a specific topic has been moved and is easily found on its new platform. Yesterday, the Rail Services information was incorporated into the commuting page. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Living In Woodbridge VA Rail Services" Nov 7, 2011 The Woodbridge VA Blog It's the Woodbridge Va Blog - Check here for website updates. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Woodbridge VA Blog" Nov 7, 2011 Recipes for Pre Made Meals We're moving right along with preparation of our pre made meals. On Saturday, we prepared the Mediterranean Chicken and this morning, we prepared the Beef Short Ribs. The recipes need proofreading and related photo galleries need captions We need one more photo...a "finished" platter of Beef Short Ribs in red wine and tomato sauce. While the pot is simmering, we'll edit the recipes! Permalink -- click for full blog post "Recipes for Pre Made Meals" Nov 6, 2011 Fruitcake Recipes | Living In Woodbridge VA Try our fruitcake recipes for a traditional holiday dessert table. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Fruitcake Recipes | Living In Woodbridge VA" Nov 4, 2011 Vickys Cleaning Services The Vicky's Cleaning Services is a quality company among the many companies. We provide customers with cleaner, healthier homes through the use of environmentally Permalink -- click for full blog post "Vickys Cleaning Services" Oct 27, 2011 Homemade Chinese Soup | Living In Woodbridge VA Rich and flavorful, Chinese soup restaurant favorites are quick and easy to prepare at home with a minimum of ingredients. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Homemade Chinese Soup | Living In Woodbridge VA" Oct 27, 2011 Annual Halloween Party @ Brittany's Join everyone for the Annual Halloween Party! When: Saturday, October 29th Costume Contest with Cash Prizes Live Band, Another Fiasco Door Prizes and Give-a-Ways Where: Brittany's Restaurant & Sports Bar 12449 Dillingham Square - (703)730-0728 Oct 11, 2011 Passion Parties™ Hear of these new home style parties? They are a definite twist on the home based business. This is not your mama's Tupperware© party nor the Pampered Chef© parties which were so popular a while back. It does not even come close to being a Party Lites© evening with the girls - several of which we've hosted in the past couple years. These are "ladies only" Passion Parties®. Featured in The New York Times, covered by NBC Today, and Good Morning America, they have also received coverage in a long list of magazines and newspapers. Passion Parties® is an organization which donates substantial amounts of money to worthy causes and charities supporting women and children. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Passion Parties™" Oct 7, 2011 Soup's On! Chinese soup that is... With the temps gradually dipping down into "feels like soup" weather, we thought it would be fun to see which international soups rank high on everyone's list of favorites. Nothing says comfort food more than a rich soup full of fresh vegetables like a Minestrone topped with freshly grated parmesan, homemade chicken 'n noodles, a beef and barley or a fish ciopinno. Any fans of Pepper Pot? Let's start in Woodbridge, Virginia but set off on a global tour of your favorite soups. This week, let's go Chinese, Peking Pork Soup is on our menu tonight (recipe to follow) but nothing says you cannot nominate your favorite soup...and the best Chinese restaurant in Woodbridge. Is it Egg Flower or maybe Hot and Sour soup? Ok - Which Woodbridge, Virginia Chinese restaurant has the best soup menu selection? Which restaurant do you have on speed dial? Take a second to participate in our poll and watch the results pop up instantly after you hit the "cast your vote" button. And the winner is... Permalink -- click for full blog post "Soup's On!" Oct 2, 2011 Shenandoah Valley Hot Air Balloon Rides Looking for a sky high adventure during a fall weekend? Here is something to do that fits into the daring category. We love the Shenandoah Valley any Permalink -- click for full blog post "Shenandoah Valley Hot Air Balloon Rides" Sep 26, 2011 Pressure Cooker Barbecued Country Ribs What's for dinner tonight? Pressure cooker barbecued country ribs and baked beans. Tonight's dinner was totally a last minute decision. What do you Permalink -- click for full blog post "Pressure Cooker Barbecued Country Ribs " Sep 19, 2011 Typical German Food | Living In Woodbridge VA Kartoffelsalat und wurst - Can authentic German specialties be found in the Woodbridge, Virginia area? Where to find typical German food and groceries in the Woodbridge Virginia area. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Typical German Food | Living In Woodbridge VA" Sep 9, 2011 Designated Driver Services | Living In Woodbridge VA Don't drink and drive - Find your ride with local designated driver services. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Designated Driver Services | Living In Woodbridge VA" Sep 6, 2011 Increase Your Frugality at Home Comment This morning, we received a comment for the article "5 Ways To Increase Your Frugality At Home" written by Nathan Richardson. It is not a problem to post anonymously or even choose not to include an email or location. Unfortunately, we had to add a title to the comment in order to post it. We enjoy reading all your comments but without at least a title, it is difficult for us to guess at the topic which inspired the comment. Read the new comment associated with Nathan's article on Frugality at Home. Post your comment! Permalink -- click for full blog post "Increase Your Frugality at Home Comment" Sep 4, 2011 Find Local Garage Sales | Living In Woodbridge VA Find local garage sales and super deals at Woodbridge, VA neighborhood yard and rummage sales. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Find Local Garage Sales | Living In Woodbridge VA" Aug 27, 2011 What Did You Do On Your Summer Vacation? We are all familiar with the phrases “Batten down the hatches” and “board up the windows” and even skedaddle. A mandatory coastal evacuation has cut short this year’s beach vacation. It is the second time a weather event has affected our summer holiday. Although we have experienced ocean front accommodations in gale force winds, it was an uneasy feeling to see the waves build up and gnaw away at the dunes, considering how close we were to the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, a later trip to the same location revealed staggering damage to the beach and the dunes. The churning waves had washed away the beach and created a vertical 6-foot drop from the dunes to a new beach level. Irene is a storm of a different ilk. Nothing to mess around with when you are sitting at barely 3 feet above sea level, separated from the ocean by a single dune and on a half mile wide spit of sand. They came door to door telling us to get out. Therefore, we packed up along with everyone else and headed back to Woodbridge. This past week is one for the record books. Over the years, we have personally experienced some serious quakes elsewhere in the world. Although we were not in Virginia at the time, Tuesday’s tremor was clearly an earthquake of some magnitude and it brought back waves of unease, albeit much weaker than what we had experienced decades earlier. Nonetheless, it is rare when in the span of a few days, as Woodbridge residents, we experience a substantial earthquake while enjoying beach time in another state and then come home to tropical storm weather spawned by a hurricane. That gives us just enough time to check the house for unseen structural damage. It also makes for a unique and memorable vacation with plenty of hands on learning experiences – a crash course in geology and meteorology. Monday’s water cooler chat will have a singular theme and teachers will have no problem when school starts next week with the familiar “What did you do on your summer vacation?” writing assignment. Permalink -- click for full blog post "What Did You Do On Your Summer Vacation?" Aug 14, 2011 A Peach Gingerbread Cake Wow...amazing how a week, or two, can fly by. Where have we been? Under the weather, taking the kids to summer camp, discovering long lost cousins through genealogy contacts, continuing in our de-cluttering efforts, catching up on odds and ends, and preparing for another fall production schedule. Part of the family is at the cottage, and some took off for the beach this morning. Maybe we should follow? Anyway...on Saturday, I decided it was high time to get back into the kitchen and prepare Margaret's gingerbread cake. Actually, it is an adaptation of her original recipe. Permalink -- click for full blog post "A Peach Gingerbread Cake" Aug 14, 2011 Gingerbread Cake Recipes | Living In Woodbridge VA Old fashioned gingerbread cake is also popular as cookies, pop-tarts, waffles, and pancake mix. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Gingerbread Cake Recipes | Living In Woodbridge VA" Aug 4, 2011 Search For A Compatible Local Teacher Finally! The answer to a yearly dilemma: how to give the new teacher a "student" snapshot of the child Parents: help the new teacher start off on the right foot with your child and teachers for your kids. Teachers: Understand their personality and connect with potential students. Click for more info Jul 28, 2011 Frozen Pie Recipes | Living In Woodbridge VA Remember the frozen pie recipes from the 80's? They're back!. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Frozen Pie Recipes | Living In Woodbridge VA" Jul 20, 2011 Try It Local! Definitely time to buy a lottery ticket, because today is your lucky day. We've just discovered the hottest, upcoming thing in Prince William. Try It Local is all about keeping it local and getting killer deals at your favorite places. Click for more info Jul 20, 2011 The Battle of Bull Run - The First Manassas Everyone ready for the 150th anniverysay reenactment of the First Manassas this sizzling weekend? It has always been stifling hot and humid for this event. As a spectator, be aware that you need plenty of fluids and a way to keep cool. We don't want any re-occurence of the 140th Anniversary weather related "casualties" in the ranks of both reenactors and spectators which resulted from the sweltering July heat of 2001. We had similar weather that year, though not as well forecast, so event planners did not have as many safety resources in place. We've been stepping back in time for 10 years now. It literally takes a few days to prepare all the accoutrements of another era. With a few hours to go, the First Sergeant's gear has been collected and is ready to go. The "A" tent, bed roll, canteens, tin messplate with cup, kepi with havlock (which have been selling like hot cakes),Richmond Depot shell jacket, trousers and as many shirts as needed to stay dry. Mother has been busy sewing new and larger muslin pokesacks to hold a goodly supply of hard tack and jerky. Must not forget to clean the lantern and gather a supply of candles. We are prepared for the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Bull Run. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Battle of Bull Run - The First Manassas" Jul 16, 2011 Limousine Service | Living In Woodbridge VA Limousine service and resources for the Woodbridge, VA area. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Limousine Service | Living In Woodbridge VA" Jul 3, 2011 Brownie Fruit Bars | Living In Woodbridge VA Try our brownie fruit bars for a variation on the traditional brownie. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Brownie Fruit Bars | Living In Woodbridge VA" Jul 1, 2011 Monitor Your Social Media An interesting read... When it comes to business, social media is either an all around winner or a time consuming task. Are you LinkedIn? We are. How about Facebooked or Twittered? Let Rebecca tell you how to monitor your social media in 10 minutes a day. Click for more info Jun 27, 2011 A Chocoholic's Guide To The Best Brownie Recipes Do you have a favorite brownie recipe? Care to share? Chocolate is the flavor of choice for nearly every member of this family. It does not matter if it comes in the form of cake, cookies, brownies, trifle or mousse. This page is reserved for all our best brownie recipes. Permalink -- click for full blog post "A Chocoholic's Guide To The Best Brownie Recipes" Jun 22, 2011 Civil War Timeline April 2011 marks the sesquicentennial of the beginning of the American Civil War. As Virginia residents, in particular residents of Prince William County, Permalink -- click for full blog post "Civil War Timeline" Jun 13, 2011 Moving With Pets Can Be Easy Moving With Pets Can Be Easy Many people keep pets, and these beloved companions become vital parts of our lives. Some people choose larger, free roaming Permalink -- click for full blog post "Moving With Pets Can Be Easy " Jun 11, 2011 Tips for Saving Money Buying Eyeglasses Bad vision is a major inconvenience, especially when it comes to your wallet. Whether you wear glasses or contacts, vision correction costs hundreds Permalink -- click for full blog post "Tips for Saving Money Buying Eyeglasses" Jun 9, 2011 Why NOW is the time to buy Real Estate! Extremely under-valued homes and properties, record low interest rates, more people needing to rent these days, I could go on and on.... Here's the deal Permalink -- click for full blog post "Why NOW is the time to buy Real Estate!" Jun 9, 2011 Now Open @ Potomac Town Center Nova Orthopedic and Spine Care just opened in Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center. Easily accessed from I-95 and across from Potomac Hospital, their office is located at 14605 Potomac Branch Drive, and serves orthopedic patients from the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Now Open @ Potomac Town Center" May 18, 2011 Baby Doll Wedding Dresses Unveil 2011 Bridal Wear Trends To find the really desirable wedding dress is the most important mission each bride-to-be should do. An ideally fitting wedding gown does not only decorate Permalink -- click for full blog post "Baby Doll Wedding Dresses Unveil 2011 Bridal Wear Trends" May 17, 2011 Practical Wedding Favors In this economy, practical favors are a smart investment! With the price of everything on the rise, it's likely these days that most brides will end up Permalink -- click for full blog post "Practical Wedding Favors" May 16, 2011 May I “Metal” In Your Affair? Chances are, you’ll be happy I did! Metallics are blazing hot this year as part of a trendy wedding palette, and you can incorporate a shimmering metallic Permalink -- click for full blog post "May I “Metal” In Your Affair? " May 8, 2011 Potomac Town Center Additions Coming soon to Potomac Town Center! We certainly are moving up in the retail world... Potomac Town Center will soon be home to: Ann Taylor Loft DSW Shoe Warehouse White House/Black Market and... P.F. Chang's Chinese Bistro! Permalink -- click for full blog post "Potomac Town Center Additions" May 5, 2011 Potomac Blockade Boat Tour History...re-living it! A fireside chat. The First Sergeant sent in this photo taken recently at a Civil War reenactment. Everything is period correct, even during overnight encampments. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Potomac Blockade Boat Tour" Apr 29, 2011 Henry House Hill in Manassas, Virginia About Henry House Hill in Manassas, Virginia It starts with this communique... Headquarters First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Manassas, August 24, 1861. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Henry House Hill in Manassas, Virginia" Apr 26, 2011 Henry House Hill Henry House Hill With Rickets' Battery in the Foreground Permalink -- click for full blog post "Henry House Hill" Apr 11, 2011 Potomac River Cleanup... Wondering how you can help on Earth Day 2011? Join us for the Potomac River Cleanup! When: April 16th, 11:00am - 3:00pm Where: Leesylvania State Park The event is sponsored by Honest Tea and they are seeking individuals or groups who would like to join for a park clean-up event. Full details are available at Honest Tea. Thanks for helping the Woodbridge, Virginia community with this really good cause. Leesylvania State Park is located at 2001 Daniel K Ludwig Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22191-4504 Click for more info Apr 9, 2011 Zoë's Kitchen in Woodbridge, Virginia Now Open...a new restaurant in the Potomac Town Center. The photo was snapped on January 15, 2010. Zoë's Kitchen, The Alabama based, Greek restaurant Permalink -- click for full blog post "Zoë's Kitchen in Woodbridge, Virginia" Living In Woodbridge VA > Woodbridge Va Blog	Woodbridge Weather Forecast, VA County Facilities Become part of the The NEW Woodbridge Tune to Channel 23/37 for live coverage of Prince William Board of County Supervisors meetings.
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