I’m a ginger. (In case you hadn’t noticed.) But specifically I’m a strawberry-blonde, special emphasis on the blonde. That’s all fine and good, particularly for compliments on my “Pretty red hair” which is all mine – not bottle-infused. But it’s not fine and good for eyebrows and eyelashes. Those suckers are blonde. Invisible. Might as well […]
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Making the Move to WordPress and My Own Domain
It’s been a long time coming, but I am finally “master of my domain” (but not in the awkward Seinfeld way!). Over the holidays, I purchased www.shannahhayley.com and set up my own site hosting on WordPress. I’ve worked off and on to get things rolled out of my old Blogger site and into this new […]
All About a Beer Pairing Dinner
We bought tickets to a private beer pairing dinner, hosted by Chef Kent Rathbun’s Hickory restaurant and Franconia beer. The event was one of many celebrations during National Beer Week in the north Texas region. Hickory features Kansas City-style barbeque. I happen to know a little something about that. Franconia’s owner/beer master extraordinaire, Dennis was […]
Fall Festival: Steinfest in Plano
Plano started a new fall festival tradition – Steinfest in Downtown Plano. Even better – it’s an Oktoberfest-like festival that actually happens in October, instead of the traditional September. It’s the perfect time of year to avoid other cities’ festivals while also enjoying the wonderful Texas fall weather. Downtown was packed with food vendors, games […]
Fall Festival: Oktoberfest in McKinney
We love going to Addison’s Oktoberfest but had never made time to go to McKinney’s version. When Kelly learned that his favorite beer, Franconia, was the exclusive McKinney Oktoberfest beer, he put it at the top of our must-attend list. McKinney definitely has more of a small town festival feeling than the “event” vibe that […]
The Local Tour: Visiting 903 Brewers
Kelly and I have always loved factory tours. We love seeing how things are made and understanding the process that it takes to create familiar products. We also love supporting local businesses, so local business/factory tours are our favorite. North Texas has experienced an explosion (of sorts) of craft brew companies. We thought it might […]
Catching Up on Two Months
My blogging has been pathetic of late. Hayley Daily? More like Hayley Whenever. But to be fair…this is what happened during the last two months: First week of September | We went to a Cowboy’s preseason game. It was in no way spectacular, other than the people we spent time with in our suite. Labor […]
Wrapping Another 1001 Days
So I finished – sort of – another 101 list over the past 1001 days (including today). All in all, I acomplished 91 items on my list. There were 8 items I didn’t even start and 2 that I felt I still need to work on, so I’ve put them on my next list. My […]
Whirlwind LA: SMPS Conference in Review
I had what felt like whirlwind trip to Los Angeles last week. Well, it was actually nearly a week-long trip, but for some reason it felt like a whirlwind. I suppose that’s what happens when you spend time with friends, colleagues and thought leaders. A tired brain and a full heart are wonderful ways to […]
A State of Mind Project
My friend, Lori, lives in the UK – we were friends before she moved there, we were friends while we all lived there and we’re still friends these many years later. So when I saw that she’d pinned this on Pinterest: Source I knew I’d have to make one and send it to her. I […]