http://www.liloia.com/ Liloia.com is a weblog run by the husband and wife team of Tara and Dave Liloia. Our site covers a wide variety of topics; we frequently comment on books, films, television, technology, pop culture and local events. en-us 2009-06-17T22:41:52-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001923 Gavin Victor, born June 13, 2009 - 2:20am. He loves eating, sleeping, and road trips. He must be a Liloia.... Read tliloia 2009-06-17T22:41:52-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001922 Our Lola beehive died over the winter. On first glance, it looks like they made honey too far away from the center of the hive and they never ventured up to the higher boxes to eat. Not good for... Vermont tliloia 2009-04-19T18:04:57-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001921 This month we had the opportunity to test out WeTutor -- an online tutoring service that's just launching. Not surprisingly, when I let Trevor know we were going to try tutoring, he was horrified. "But I'm doing well in... Read tliloia 2009-03-21T12:46:51-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001920 The coolest thing to do when you're ten years old is play with fire... specifically, a blowtorch. I think making a bead out of a stick of glass was just gravy. I highly recommend the glassmaking classes at the... Crafts tliloia 2009-03-20T19:05:12-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001919 I find myself outraged on behalf of people in poverty these days. (And poverty not just of money, but of resources -- like the ability to hook up wires or get out on a roof.) There are assumptions being made... Bad Customer Service tliloia 2009-02-11T08:31:38-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001918 Dave's family serves celery salad on most holidays and special occasions. I was having an intense salty craving the other day and I tried finding the recipe online. Turns out, it doesn't exist anywhere in the form I'm used to.... Food tliloia 2009-01-22T14:25:57-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001917 Baby Liloia had his or her first photo taken on December 5th, and we thought that was the last picture until the 20-week ultrasound (typically when they tell you the gender). Here's the little one at nine weeks: But at... Family tliloia 2009-01-07T12:40:26-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001916 Our next-door neighbor offered us a portrait of the house made from an old photo. We're not really sure when it's from, but it's recent enough that there's an electric meter, but old enough that there was a full barn... Vermont tliloia 2008-11-10T20:07:26-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001915 From this... To this... And finally, this...... House tliloia 2008-11-08T21:20:16-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001914 We went on a class trip to the Shelburne Museum -- the kids were asked to make prints from styrofoam sheet and printers ink. The trick was that you had to write your letters backwards so they would come out... Vermont tliloia 2008-10-31T11:42:50-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001913 I recently was reading through a discussion board I am a member of and saw something that offended me. This individual stated that the only reason why people connect via social networks and other applications such as Facebook is... Read dliloia 2008-10-27T21:32:15-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001912 The leaves are turning this weekend -- it's a great show if you have a chance to take a drive through the Adirondacks. The last few trips to NJ, we've been breaking the ride into two days with Albany at... Vermont tliloia 2008-10-10T17:42:14-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001911 I haven't posted in a while, partly because of Twitter, partly because of work travel, but mostly because the summer was great and I spent most of my time away from the TV, Internets, and most media to build stuff... Read dliloia 2008-09-25T12:58:35-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001910 I was cruising through Everyday Food this month when I saw this ad. It really put me off. Word of mouth marketing is an incredible and unpredictable tool, but to suggest that we should put down our friends sarcastically for... Bad Customer Service tliloia 2008-09-24T07:45:56-05:00 http://www.liloia.com/archives/#001909 There's a moment while you're making apple butter when you hit the applesauce stage and you have a choice to make. Will you take the easy road, stop here, and make a batch of applesauce, or will you continue... Food tliloia 2008-09-13T17:43:06-05:00