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SOUP FOR THE CURE

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I started 2014 surrounded by some of my favorite and most-loved people, a Champagne toast and a cold. I could feel it coming, teasing me during the last days of 2013, and then as I woke to a new year, bright blue skies and freezing temperatures, it hit me full force. I would like to think that I am adult, ... Read More »

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE (BETTER LATE THAN NEVER)

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Obviously (and with great bias), I think that the shops my mother and I own, Poiema and the Vault, are lovely place to begin and end your holiday shopping. Homemade soaps, lotions and body scrubs? Locally made jewelry and gorgeous textiles from Thailand? Handknit hats for the littlest members on your good list? We’ve got you covered. And of course, barVino gift ... Read More »

Cure for the Winter Cold

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When I was teaching I would always, without fail, get sick during the holidays. I did everything I could to hold illness at bay while I was in the classroom and then, as soon as I returned to the warm embrace of my parents’ house for Thanksgiving or Christmas, I’d be laid low with some sort of ailment. I had ... Read More »

OLD FAITHFUL

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One of the great things about going to a wine store is getting to pick something new. But sometimes, just sometimes, the selection is lacking or overwhelming or the salesperson is unhelpful (or MIA) or I’m too tired (or in too much of a hurry). And that’s when it’s wonderful to stumble across something you recognize and know will deliver ... Read More »

AUTUMN PICKS

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Nothing says fall like cider donuts, apple picking and, of course, hard cider. And Hick’s Orchard is the place where all three autumn classics can be found, purchased and consumed. Hick’s hard cider is sold under the Slyboro Ciderhouse name with offerings that run the gambit from bone-dry to dessert-wine-sweet. After consuming enough-cider-donuts-to-feed-a-small-country just a few donuts, my friends and I made our ... Read More »

PINK FOR FALL

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While I definitely believe in drinking what makes you happy (i.e., if you want a pinot grigio with your steak – go for it), I find that I am usually a seasonal drinker. Guinness, red wine and brown liquor in the cooler months (which, in the North Country, happen to be about half the year).  White wine, rosés and clear alcohol ... Read More »

GUILTY PLEASURES

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I recently discovered cookie butter from Trader Joe’s.  That’s right. Cookie butter. They suggest it being delicious on a number of things (hello waffles!) but I find that it’s fabulous off a spoon while standing in-front of the fridge at 2 a.m. Fortunately, my roommate doesn’t like it, thus leaving more for me. On closer examination of that previous sentence (and ... Read More »

BLUEBERRY DAYS

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There’s a story I read or heard once about the actor Liam Neeson (he of the unmistakable voice and beautifully craggy face): When he was growing up and feeling maudlin, his mother would tell him to go outside and split some wood. And sure enough, having completed a useful task and worn-out by physical activity in the fresh air, the ... Read More »

A CINEMATIC FEAST

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Sometimes the myriad of  options offered by Netflix create this weird situation in which I spend so much of my time trying to decide what to watch that I end up watching nothing. So the other night, as I was going from one genre to the next, I wasn’t very hopeful that I would actually find anything. Just as my eyes began ... Read More »

NO BOYS ALLOWED

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Last week, I was getting a much needed pedicure (side note: I’m a pedicure whore, having no loyalties to one place over the other  and will  stop at any clean-looking place whether it’s located in strip mall or a spa) and just as my feet hit the water, in walked a father and his (very) young son. You’re a guy ... Read More »

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