http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/topics/family_1/index.rss en-en Easton Savvy, LLC Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:39:11 GMT This year I am thankful for more than just the family that bumps elbows while we pass butterhorn rolls and cranberry sauce down the makeshift t-shaped table that we stuff into my parents’ dining room.

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/playground/Adopting%20Gratitude/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/playground/Adopting%20Gratitude/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:39:11 GMT The names of every Nationals baseball player are written on our back door in bright-colored window markers. This master Nats list is the work of our ten and seven-year-old daughters.

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/man-cave/a-nationals-family-affair/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/man-cave/a-nationals-family-affair/ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:38:53 GMT “We didn’t know all the sacrificing that would be involved when we were envisioning the business, dreaming big,” explains Alice. “I had no idea because before this I was home for three years with babies while Jordan was working in restaurants."

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/downtown/a-perfect-pear/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/downtown/a-perfect-pear/ Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:19:00 GMT Amy figures out what's been missing for the last few months.

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/blogs/lived-to-tell/life-coaching-reclaiming-my-window-seat/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/blogs/lived-to-tell/life-coaching-reclaiming-my-window-seat/ Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:35:04 GMT For the true beach ambiance—relaxation without a lot of distractions—the walk-in sites are the way to go. You park in a designated spot and walk 200 feet down a wooden boardwalk, until you reach the campsites that lay behind the tufts of wax myrtle.

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/the-road/camping-on-the-shore-assateague/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/the-road/camping-on-the-shore-assateague/ Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:38:28 GMT Eastern Shore native Taylor Spies is someone that seemed destined to be a great man. You got that sense meeting him when he was 14. Then he died in his sleep last Friday morning. He was 36 years old, married, with two sons under the age of 3.

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/man-cave/in-between-life-and-death-cutting-the-grass/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/man-cave/in-between-life-and-death-cutting-the-grass/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:55:00 GMT The isolation of her childhood became an afterthought; she was related to these people but grew up with her family. Or was it the other way around?

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/playground/picturing-home/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/playground/picturing-home/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:50:00 GMT Amy reflects on holiday imperfections.

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/blogs/lived-to-tell/act-like-you-have-been-in-the-end-zone-before/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/blogs/lived-to-tell/act-like-you-have-been-in-the-end-zone-before/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Savvy helps set some boundaries just in time for the holidays.

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/blogs/ask-ms-savvy/kicking-the-in-laws-out/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/blogs/ask-ms-savvy/kicking-the-in-laws-out/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT “At 18, you are still trying to figure yourself out. At 32, you actually understand a lot more about the world and you can put what you are leaning in context.”

]]> http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/hot-seat/back-to-school/ http://www.easternshoresavvy.com/hot-seat/back-to-school/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT