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Your First Burns Supper - with USA Kilts
I was interviewed by USA Kilts for their feature on Burns Night this year. (What?! That’s crazy!) Enjoy my awkwardness (I was sick and had the brain fog something awful!), an actual expert, great tips, as well as some silly speeches by friends Emily Schwartz and Chad Snedeker, which you can view in full HERE. Sadly, we had to forego this year’s celebration – there was just too much going on...
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Burns Night 2022: Cancelled
Burns Night 2022: Cancelled
Sad to say, friends, but we’ve decided to cancel our Burns Night dinner this year. With Omicron rearing its ugly head and friends with littles who aren’t yet able to get vaccinated, it’s for the best. In case you’re curious, here’s the Save the Date we sent out at the top of the month when we were still hopeful: Sigh…the theme and entertainments will keep for next year. If you’re still moving…
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Virtual Burns Night Preparations
Virtual Burns Night Preparations
Well, here we are, friends. At home. Still. As we must be. But we cannot let this year’s event slip us by…what and break the streak of merriment? Oh, no! This is, after all, for us lucky number seven! I’ve just hit send on our Burns Night invitation for the year, which included that charming GIF above! Isn’t it fun and festive?! I was going for a Pop Art feel. Something unexpected and not what…
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Burns Night 2020: Brushstroke Tartan
Burns Night 2020: Brushstroke Tartan
Y’all, how has it taken me almost a year to get around to posting this? Eesh. Well, what better way to continue to pass a nationwide quarantine than to reminisce about a lovely gathering of friends? It is a bizarre time that we live in. I hope that you and yours are doing well and weathering this incessant global, viral storm safely and responsibly. Now on to last year’s festivities! There’s the…
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Burns Night 2020 Come & Gone
Burns Night 2020 Come & Gone
The candles have been extinguished, the bottles corked, the third load of dishes loaded into the dishwasher, and we are cozied up under blankets watching what seems rather appropo on this day after revelry: Ken Burns Prohibition.
I am excited to share with you all of the glorious details of this year’s most wonderful of Burns Nights soon. As just a sampling: 2020 brought a scotch tasting,…
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Burns Night Playlist!
You’re setting your menu, deciding on decor, and making sure you have enough china and flatware. Did you order your presentation haggis? What scotches will you be tippling this year? What about music? Music!! Never fear. I am here to help, friends:
BURNS NIGHT PLAYLIST – By guildencrantz5
My husband and I have been adding and subtracting from this playlist since 2014. It’s chock full of Burns…
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Burns Night: Burnsing Down the House!
Burns Night: Burnsing Down the House!
Surprise! And you thought I’d forgotten to post last year’s party…shame on you! 😉 Yes, yes, we all know that I am slow to post; however, as a person who is constantly scouring the Internet to find good Burnsy inspiration, I feel it is my obligation…nay…my DUTY to share our humble celebration of the Scottish bard every year.
Thar she blows: our 2019 Burns Night invitation – our fifth! Huzzah!…
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Burns Night: More Toasts to the Lassies & Laddies!
Burns Night: More Toasts to the Lassies & Laddies!
My beloved Bryan and I decided to take on the toasts earlier this year for the very first time…and then proceeded to wait until the very last minute to write them! When do I think the actual best time to start writing your speech is, you may ask: February 1 the year prior! Ha!
Last year I wrote a whole post detailing how to write your own speeches with links to helpful examples and explanations,…
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Burns Night Come & Gone
Burns Night Come & Gone
Burns Night 2019 has come and gone. The china is put away, the new house (We bought a house!!) is put to rights, and we’re already thinking about how to make next year even better.
Above is a little preview of our setup this year, but I’m putting together a full post, as well as a couple of additional ones, so keep your eyes peeled! In the meantime, please share your Burns Supper posts, tips,…
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Burns Night: The Immortal Memory
Burns Night: The Immortal Memory
If you’re like me this year, you may be running a bit behind on setting your menu, laying out your table, and prepping those all important speeches, toasts, and entertainments for the big supper coming up. Hopefully I can here offer a bit of assistance!
The Immortal Memory
In years past, we have opted out of presenting an immortal memory of dear ol’ Rabbie, as it seemed like too much to put…
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Burns Night Madlib!
Looking for something a little different, a bit inventive, and a whole lot of fun for your Burns Night gathering? How about a Madlib?!
For last year’s celebration, our friend Jennifer put together the below Madlib using Rabbie’s “A Red, Red Rose” poem, and it made for much hilarity! It just so happened that one of our guests sang the song directly prior to Jennifer’s presentation, so the…
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Burns Night: Custom Wine Labels!
Burns Night: Custom Wine Labels!
If you can believe it, we’re less than three months away from Burns Night 2019! With that in mind, I thought I’d help my fellow Burns devotees get a leg up on festivities with a little free download.
As we all know, the consuming portion of this annual event tends to focus on the scotch; but, for our celebration, we like to buy some inexpensive wine as an alternative alcoholic beverage for our…
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Burns Night: Burns Down the Night!
Burns Night: Burns Down the Night!
It’s July! You know what that means; it’s time to start planning your next Burns Night celebration!! Or, at least, this is how I’m justifying posting about our annual January party in the dead middle of summer. Truly, though, I’ve already begun planning 2019.
Woosh! I cannot believe that this was our Fourth Annual Burns Night! This year we wanted to go a full 180 from last year – which was all…
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Burns Night: Toasts to the Lassies and Laddies!
The toasts to the lassies and laddies can be an hilarious – often endearing, enlightening, and raucous – part of any traditional Burns Night. It’s an element we skipped the first year, as it seemed a lot to put on ourselves or request of guests who, at the time, hadn’t the slightest inkling of what they were getting themselves into. It has now become one of our favorite points of the evening!…
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Northern Michigan Break - Pt 1
Northern Michigan Break – Pt 1
Michigan has always been our happy place. Illustrative of that fact, Bryan got me a t-shirt for Christmas that said “Michigan is my happy place”. So, you know, that. Bryan has been going to the Traverse City area since he was a little boy. He first took me five years ago, and the area has really grown since then. What was once a rather sleepy tourist destination for those in the know is now…
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The Publishing House Bed & Breakfast
The Publishing House Bed & Breakfast
Sometimes…you just need a break. My dedicated, darling husband has had a crazy couple of months; he started an exciting, yet demanding, new job while simultaneously taking care of me after major surgery. He’s worked 10- to 12-hour days for two weeks straight – that’s including weekends, my friends. Woosh and ugh: it’s been a lot. To say that he was stressed and exhausted by the end of July is an…
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Be a Jetsetter!
Have you been on Jetsetter? It’s like Pinterest for luxury travel – only with insider deals, unique experiences, and thoughtful insights on each partner property. Yeah. It is totally my new jam. To launch their new Wanderlist feature, Jetsetter hosted a contest where users created inspirational dream vacation lists. The fun part was that they really did leave it up to the users’ imaginations.…
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