About this site
Here we are, two fifty-somethings who met after loss, fell in love during a pandemic, and quickly formed a family. Bill is the hospitality guy, inviting meaningful personal interactions through food, spirits and games. Bex is the designer, creating unique spaces to gather family and friends. We share a love of lively debate, fierce trivia competition, heated dart matches, dancing to juke boxes, and dressing up to explore unique events. But we're also facing the challenges of growing older while figuring out how to manage two strong personalities with long previous histories. Writing is our outlet for conflict resolution, growth, and figuring out the complicated stuff of adulting.

Bex
I co-owned a successful decorative painting business and training studio for over 20 years until my first husband was diagnosed with lung cancer. In a short period of time, I became a breadwinner, caregiver, and handy DIY’er. Blogging helped me cope with my personal experiences while sharing universal themes. Sadly, Bruce Slaton died June 2019. I then quit my profession, fixed up a house, and moved from Dallas to Kansas City-right when the pandemic started.
A year later, I found myself on a dating site texting with an interesting guy. After our first date, he suggested we had chemistry. He was right. Lots of it! Another year later, I married this amazing man, beginning a new exciting chapter in my life as Bex Angell.
Today, I am a full-time home renovator working on our house flips. My style is quirky elegance, visual harmony, and comfortable function. As a story driven artist, I seek out unusual objects, with histories, real or mythical, to create unique spaces ready for tales.
Bill
There is nothing quite like the adrenaline drip of feeding people for money - you and your team crafting hundreds of discrete experiences from the chaos following the clang of the dinner bell. My long and challenging love affair with restaurants began 30 years ago, and I’ve lead them in almost every role and capacity. The dining room floor is my stage, the kitchen my laboratory. Breaking bread is the most essential gift of hospitality, and it transports me.
My journey includes navigating two previous marriages. Both bestowed numerous lessons and countless gifts, the most significant being my daughter Sage. She coaxed and coached me into giving love one more try. Yes. I’m the guy who wooed Rebecca with food, music and a good game of scrabble. A year after we met, she decided I could adore her until death do us part.
My long-hidden passion is writing. I’ve been creating stories since high school with no clear path for sharing them. Now I have married a blogger and to my delight, she invited me to contribute, as an honest critic and fellow essayist. And I thought her accepting my cats was big…
My writing reveals a man in his 50’s, a perspective not often shared in blogs. My voice is honest, deeply personal and at times unflattering. Bex says it is brave. What can I say? Look at how my life turned out.
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