An Italian Natale

An Italian Natale

            COMING NATALE 2024                    

Blogging With Julie MORE in 2024

Blogging With Julie MORE in 2024

        Shirley Temple, Anyone?  Julie Barefoot Blogging with a Baby Bed in the Living Room (I am my Grand-Daughter Isabelle’s (Peanuku) Main Care-Giver.) ‘Yeah, I see it.  Thanks for letting me know.’ (Usually someone warning me about a threat from my cyber-stalker.) 

One HOT Jezebel For Breakfast (Sauce, that is.)

One HOT Jezebel For Breakfast (Sauce, that is.)

            One HOT Jezebel For Breakfast Good Morning, Sleep Well? Have I ever got something special for you this morning. No, don’t get up.  Just lay right where you are. Grapes, Pomegranate juice, Mini Pancakes, Cream Cheese, Bacon, and Pomegranate 

Making Kahlua for Christmas

Making Kahlua for Christmas

            CURRENTLY MELDING AND MARINATING    

A Da Vinci Code For Natale (Christmas)

A Da Vinci Code For Natale (Christmas)

          CURRENTLY ON THE RUN FROM THE FRENCH DST, (DIRECTORATE OF TERRITORIAL SECURITY) A.K.A.  THE FRENCH POLICE  🙂 CHECK BACK LATER        

The Haunted Mansion Halloween

The Haunted Mansion Halloween

                UNDER GHOSTLY CONSTRUCTION Enter if you dare, foolish mortals.           —————————————————————————— Our All Hallows Eve Snack Slate Grilled Cheese and Olive Loaf Mini Sandwiches with Pepperoncini Pickles, and Arugula… Sides of mini Cucumbers, 

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

      You only live twice: Once when you are born, and once when you look death in the face. After Basho Japanese Poet 1643-94 ———————————————————- More Recipes Will Be Added In The Future, Julie and Gordon ————————————————————————————————- 00Whann’s Asian Balls —————————————————————————————– Asian Meatballs 

Outside Movie Night with Bond

Outside Movie Night with Bond

              How To Create An Outdoor Movie Theater In Your Own Backyard Area DOCTOR NO Released in 1962 Dr. No is the first movie to be released in the James Bond Franchise, written by Ian Fleming.  Dr. No was 

I’ve Got a Licence to Grill

I’ve Got a Licence to Grill

        (We have Licence/License spelled the two different ways because it is spelled one way in the U.K. and the other way here in America.) —————————————————————————-   JUST ASSIGNED TO DR. NO IN CRAB KEY, JAMAICA I Have A License To Grill, 

Blogging With Julie All Along (Past and Present Blogging)

Blogging With Julie All Along (Past and Present Blogging)

            Hello and Welcome to My Personal Blogs I started this website in July, 2011, along with my very first blog post.  I tend to write about whatever I may be going through.  When I started the website I was 

Cornbread, Nuff Said

Cornbread, Nuff Said

          Currently Baking in Grandmother Keith’s Oven Deliciously Cooling… ————————————————————————– I LOVE Cornbread! If you were raised in the south, before the internet brought us all together culturally, then you grew up eating Cornbread religiously.  We loved it whether it was 

It’s Wednesday

It’s Wednesday

          (Lurch)  YOU RANG…..   Initially, I was just going to write a blog post about the series in my personal blog.  I then realized that this was far too big for that, and that I needed to create it’s own 

Edible Gifts of the Asian Variety

Edible Gifts of the Asian Variety

        (Rice Krispy Sushi Treats.  Recipe Down Below) Welcome to Edible Gift’s of the Asian Variety The Asian cultures are so beautiful and just full of history and traditions.  Everything they do seems to be tied to the past.  I like and 

The Grinch Got A CLUE For Christmas

The Grinch Got A CLUE For Christmas

        (Coal and Cards) Coming December, 2024 It Wouldn’t Be The Grinch Without His Dog Max Sparky Objecting, Sparky Accepting His Role as Max, and Sparky With Spooky Lou Who                 Merry Grinchmas Cake   

Stewed Tomatoes, A Whann Family Tradition

Stewed Tomatoes, A Whann Family Tradition

            UNDER CONSTRUCTION            

An Old Florida Jezebel (Sauce)

An Old Florida Jezebel (Sauce)

                UNDER CONSTRUCTION                         ——————————————————————————— Also, Check Out My: Julie’s Jezebel Sauces For All of My Different Jezebel’s —————————————————— AND, Aloha Wahine Jezebel Sauce Aloha and Mahalo! 

Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park

Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park

      Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park Entrance 3501 Old Kings Road Flagler Beach, Florida 32136 (386) 517-2084 ———————————————————————– Bulow Plantation is located in Central Florida. Located 3 miles west of Flagler Beach off County Road 2001 (Old King’s Road), between State Road 

Modern Day Mona (Lisa) Halloween

Modern Day Mona (Lisa) Halloween

        Salve! Benvenutu Al Nostro Halloween Da Vinci ———————————————————————– Leonardo Da Vinci, The Mona Lisa (That is Tom Hanks hand above, from the movie The Da Vinci Code.) I fell in love with the movie when it first came out, and it 

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window:  Scene 14

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window: Scene 14

        To me, it’s just not Halloween without a Hitchcock marathon of all of his movies. Currently Watching The Killer, Lars Thorwald from Rear Window I was Thrilled to Find this Game Online For those of you that know my love of 

An Oriental Jezebel

An Oriental Jezebel

          My Tassel Oriental Bowl —————————————————————————– Glorioso Blossom My Glorioso Vine in my Japanese Carp Vase A Few Spring Rolls….. …doused in My Oriental Jezebel Sauce An Excellent Ranchi (Lunch) ——————————————————————————— An Oriental Jezebel A Marinade, A Glaze, and A Dipping 

Vintage Cakes

Vintage Cakes

          ———————————————————————— Vintage Cakes From My Vintage Childhood At this writing, 2022, I am 61 and longing for my past childhood of cakes being made from scratch by the loveliest women I have ever known in my life.  My Great-Grandmother’s and 

A Light Mother’s Day Outside

A Light Mother’s Day Outside

            Wouldn’t it be nice to take a stroll into that painting?  That era above is from my Great-Grandmother Honnie’s time.  Her name was Lillian Miller Haskin Lone, but I called her Honnie.   People would refer to her as Ms. 

Brunswick Stew and Barbeque

Brunswick Stew and Barbeque

      Happy 4th. of July! Brunswick Stew… ——————————————————————— Soup Spoons On! ————————————————————————– Seasoned Crackers Our Seasoned Crackers with store bought Dried Tomatoes, etc. —————————————————————————– And, BBQ… ——————————————————————————- With, Pickled Red Onions… —————————————————————— Along with a few of our other homemade condiments. Our Corn 

Simply Easter

Simply Easter

        EASTER 2022 The green cup in the photo above is a handmade ceramic cup, probably made by a child.  It was found in a box in the attic of my son’s girlfriends house.  I spotted it and saw a treasure!  She 

A Proper English Breakfast for 00Whann from (Your) Valentine

A Proper English Breakfast for 00Whann from (Your) Valentine

        Meet Valentine Guinness, Heir to the Guinness Brewery and Suspected Money Launderer for Russia 00Whann’s One True Love (That he just met last night at the party.) ——————————————————– Valentine Guinness’s Purse, Compact and Lipstick (The thumbdrive is not here.  Where can 

A Happy Christmas CLUEDO for 007

A Happy Christmas CLUEDO for 007

  (I swear to you that I am not flipping anyone off in the photo above.  I didn’t know my fingers looked like that.  Sorry.  I would like to state that we have been using our fingers for centuries before someone decided to deem one 

A Christmas Card to You This 2021

A Christmas Card to You This 2021

          Merry Christmas AND, Happy Christmas, United Kingdom Mele Kalikimaka, Hawaii Feliz Navidad, Mexico Kung Hsi Hsin Nien Bing Chu Shen Tan, China Boze Narodzenie, Poland Chestita Koleda, Bulgaria Vesele Vanoce, Czech Republic Vrolyk Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuu Jaar, Dutch Nollaig 

STAR TREKKIES, Into The Botanist’s Lair (The Lost Episode)

STAR TREKKIES, Into The Botanist’s Lair (The Lost Episode)

            Space:  The Final Frontier These are the voyages of the “Pretend” Star Ship Enterprise. It’s one Halloween Night mission: To explore strange new backyards in the state of Florida, (hopefully without being shot.) To seek out Alien Ingredients and 

Autumn Treats

Autumn Treats

          Autumn Once Labor Day is over with….. There is just something special about the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn. To most of us it’s having the kids go back to school.  Always a special time for me 

Julie’s Jezebel Sauce

Julie’s Jezebel Sauce

        Premiering at a Theater Near You! Starring Julie’s Jezebel Sauce, and a Cast of Supporting Foods For those of you outside The Bible Belt of America, you probably have never heard of Jezebel Sauce.  It’s exact Southern origins are a bit 

Let Us Eat Cake, (Julie’s Cakes Continues)

Let Us Eat Cake, (Julie’s Cakes Continues)

          Currently Baking Until You Can Insert a Toothpick and it Comes Out Clean  🙂 Strawberry Jalapeno Sheet Cake ———————————————————— Gordon and Julie, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1982 in Gordon’s parents kitchen. We are baking Christmas Cakes/Breads for his parents to give 

My Sloppy Jules

My Sloppy Jules

        My Sloppy Jules Remember Sloppy Joe night when you were growing up? I sure do!  I loved them! It was the closest thing to a hamburger on a bun without the patty.  I would usually drench mine in yellow mustard as 

Julie’s Drunken Honeysuckle Tea Cake

Julie’s Drunken Honeysuckle Tea Cake

          Rome, Georgia 1964, Glover Street, South Rome… Hello! Come on in through the screen door on the back pore-utch. I’ve been sittin’ heuh fannin’ myself waitin’ fo’ yew. I just made a Honeysuckle Tea Cake out of my Honeysuckle Vines 

Sixty’s, (Sensational or Surviving?)  We’ll see, right?

Sixty’s, (Sensational or Surviving?) We’ll see, right?

        Welcome to My Sixty’s Currently Aging to Perfection (Or Rotting and Disintegrating?  But I swear this to you, as long as there are moisturizers and Loreal Superior Performance Medium Blonde, I will always be here for you.)  🙂 When I look 

Salads, Seafood, and Turning 60

Salads, Seafood, and Turning 60

            February 13, 2021 ————————————————————————– Happy 60th. Birthday to ME! Cake Presents and Flowers 60 Who Knew Turning 60 Would be so Much Fun? ——————————————————————————— The Spice Cake my daughter Veronica made for me. Spice Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream 

Peanut Brittle’s

Peanut Brittle’s

            Merry Christmas Welcome This 2020 year we have gone through renovations in our kitchen and living room. It was something of a holiday inconvenience but we got through it pretty good. One thing that we wanted to make, and 

Tropical Hawaiian Cranberries and our Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau’oli Makahiki Hou

Tropical Hawaiian Cranberries and our Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau’oli Makahiki Hou

        Mele Kalikimaka, 2020 me ka Hou’oli Makahiki Hou! ———————————————– Our Tropical Hawaiian Cranberry Sauce Canning and Christmas While Undergoing Home Renovations We Still Managed to Have a Nice Kalikimaka All of my Poi Balls (I made them myself 23 years ago 

A Charmed Halloween

A Charmed Halloween

  (I want to dedicate this page to my daughter Veronica.  Veronica Whann, Maryland She adored the Charmed T.V. show and she even created a website dedicated to the show when she was just a young teen, when we were living in Maryland.  I don’t 

Picnic’s

Picnic’s

          PICNIC Labour Day, 1955 (A.K.A. Labor Day.  I guess we dropped the “u.”  That is very American of us to drop those extra letters we don’t need.)  🙂 Found The Perfect Picnic Spot —————————————————- Backyard Picnic by the Magnolia Tree 

Our July 4th. Tribute to the Movie JAWS (1975)

Our July 4th. Tribute to the Movie JAWS (1975)

        Amity Island Welcomes You We are Gordon and Julie 1975 ———————————————————- Enjoying my Shark Tea and a good book. —————————————————— Salt Water Taffy I have had a love affair with Salt Water Taffy at the shore my entire life.  It’s tradition.  

A Star Wars CLUE For Christmas

A Star Wars CLUE For Christmas

      The Death Star (That’s no moon, that’s a space station.  Obi Wan Kenobi) ———————————————————— Welcome to a Whann Christmas in the Galactic Empire ——————————————————– Christmas Morning (Brodie Whann and Mackenzie) Captain Tarkin Crunch Hurry!  I’ve poured the blue milk! Darth Vader Prize 

Mother’s Day on the Lanai

Mother’s Day on the Lanai

        Gordon and Julie Happy Mother’s Day A Carved Rose in a Turnip and a Small Radish Mouse that sits a Top Julie’s Flowers Welcome to our Backyard Lanai Welcome to My Mother’s Day My Name is Julie This is My Mother’s 

Pork, Sausage and Mustard

Pork, Sausage and Mustard

        Welcome to Pork, Sausage and Mustard From the Kitchen of……. Gordon and Julie Today, we will be making MUSTARD, and lots of it! At this writing we are in the middle of a pandemic, the Coronavirus/Covid 19. Gordon and I decided 

From The Smith House to The Whann House, For Easter

From The Smith House to The Whann House, For Easter

        The Smith House History Cookbook (Only in the south do you find teaspoons.  Especially in silverware sets.) —————————————————– Easter, 1970 Me, my little brother Johnny and my mother, Mary Keith in our front yard in Dahlonega, Georgia. (Although my mother does 

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day

      Do Not Disturb (A wooden door knob sign I decoupaged many years ago with cupid graphics.) ——————————————————————– Happy Valentine’s Day I have always loved Valentine’s Day. Probably because my birthday is the day before and I’ve always had these two great days 

Black and White Pearls

Black and White Pearls

        Black and White Pearls Our Very Elegant Pickled Pearl Onions and Balsamic Pearls How About An Elegant Edible Gift? Welcome to The Recipe, Gordon and Julie ——————————————————————- Be Sure To Also Check Out Our: Pickled Purple Pearls Also Check Out Our: 

Shoo Fly Pies

Shoo Fly Pies

          Shoo Fly Pies (Literally and Figuratively) Gordon was born in Pennsylvania in 1965.  The Whann family grew up around the food and cultures of Pennsylvania.  Germantown, The Amish, The Pennsylvania Dutch, The Mennonites….  They had friends that had a restaurant 

Current Website Updates

Current Website Updates

    The Bulletin Board pictured above is hanging in our Hallway.  I put it there when we bought our house, and moved in.  Nothing ever seems to get taken off of it although for some reason we keep cramming things into it through these 

Our Haunted Honeycation

Our Haunted Honeycation

          COMING SOON!!!!! OUR HAUNTED HONEYCATION Honeycation:  A Honeycation is a Vacation and a Second Honeymoon combined.  The term was originally coined by a woman who resides in the state of Florida whose name is Julie Lancaster-Whann.  That would be ME! 

Pumpkin Carving Party

Pumpkin Carving Party

            Happy Halloween! Welcome to The Pumpkin Patch Ready to Pick Out Your Pumpkin? ———————————————————— Halloween,  2019 Hoarding Pumpkins Throughout the House ———————————————————— To kick off our Halloween celebrations we all went to Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights for the 

A. Hitchcock CLUE for Halloween

A. Hitchcock CLUE for Halloween

            Welcome to our Halloween Home We are Gordon and Julie and we LOVE Halloween, and Alfred Hitchcock! ———————————————– Psycho! I’ll be out of the shower in a minute!! COMING SOON FOR HALLOWEEN!!!!! Lock your doors and windows. You awake 

“Old” Miami

“Old” Miami

        Welcome to “Old” Miami I had originally entitled this post “Vintage Miami” because I wanted to harken back to those lovely old days of Miami in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.  But the name “Vintage Miami” kept bothering me.  It just 

The Meaning of Mother’s Day

The Meaning of Mother’s Day

          (The photo above is of a few pieces of the China Set that belonged to my Great-Grandmother Keith, then passed to my Grandmother, and then given to me.  It’s Blue Willow.) My Grandparents My Grandmother’s Blue Vase and Her Blue 

Shark Week Feeding Frenzy

Shark Week Feeding Frenzy

            We Love Shark Week! I couldn’t think of a better start to Shark Week than this! Shark’s Enjoying their Feeding Frenzy (Carved wood sharks that Gordon purchased in the Philippines during his Navy career.) Various Sushi’s with Ginger and