The Summerglen Files

This past weekend, Andrew and I went to our favorite spot in the world, Mount Airy, NC. For years, we’ve gone to this wonderful little corner of the world for relaxation, rejuvenation, drive-in movies, excellent food…heck, we even got married there!
Fall is an absolutely gorgeous time in Mt. Airy, so if you’re anywhere [...]

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Here’s a video from chef Todd Mohr, the founder of catering company Savor Hospitality in Cary. The video gives you a taste of his video blog, Cooking Coarse, which teaches you to cook without recipes!
Fluency is a big part of music and cooking. In music, if you can’t read or improvise [...]

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One of the reasons we Summergleners do what we do is because we love helping people. It feels good to give back to the community with our music, and to empower people to play through positive music lessons and clinics. Nowadays, though, we’ve added a new good cause to our repertoire…SOCKS!
The Sierra Club [...]

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Even when you do something you enjoy for a living, you can get burned out if you don’t take breaks. So, this past weekend we took a break…and drove to the Outer Banks!
It was a 4-1/2 hour drive each way, but we made the trip last even longer by stopping to check out this [...]

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Andrew and I (and quite possibly Velvet the cat) really dig Barack Obama, so we’re very excited to have him in North Carolina! Here’s an entertaining rundown of Obama’s visit with the UNC Basketball Team.
I wonder if Mr. Obama would like to try his hand at trombone or percussion…
Maybe on [...]

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