Why I Took His Last Name
A couple of months ago, we talked about changing last names after getting married, and we even made a YouTube video about it. Today, I’m (Thomas) going to discuss why I took PJ’s last name in detail, and why I never gave it a second thought.
Feature Friday with The Beekman Boys
Happy Friday! We are SO excited about this week’s FF because we’ve been huge fans of these guys for quite a while now. Maybe you saw their show, maybe you’ve read their books/magazines, or maybe you’ve purchased some of their products, but Brent Ridge & Josh Kilmer-Purcell are much more than their Beekman 1802 empire they’ve built over the last couple of years. Here, they discuss how they met, how they started their business, and what it was like to win The Amazing Race, while sharing pictures of their beautiful house and mercantile.
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Learn about our home’s story, how I grew up in it and how we bought it back and renovated it from top to bottom, and watch the tour we did with HGTV