My husband has been telling me for years not to buy our son shorts made of denim. I could not understand why. He is a boy. He is an active boy. His new clothes last an hour before getting stained. Shorts made of denim combine the airy freedom needed in summer heat, together with the durability and stain resistance of ... Read More »
My husband would say “Yes!” I would have to disagree. When a recipe calls for 1 teaspoon of cumin, I use two. Okay, I lied. I use a tablespoon, and then add a bit more for good measure. Cilantro falls into this same category for me, as well as figuring into most of the same dishes that call for cumin. ... Read More »
“Mom, what were you thinking? Seriously!” Everything is seriously at 16. Each and every iota of knowledge in a 16 year old brain is ever so much more wise than, say, a parent? “Mom, it is a HUGE hunk of ham! What were you thinking?” Apologies to Granny and Grandad, the Irish grandparents. They just did not know good food. Ham ... Read More »
WAIT! WHAAAAT? Who put that stop sign there? Apparently the fine City of Albany found a few extra stop signs in its warehouses, and has decided to install them randomly throughout the city. Yeah, yeah. If it was my neighborhood, I would probably be happy, too, to have drivers slow down more often. I need to find a new way ... Read More »
True confessions. Oh, Lord, even my husband doesn’t really know about this! Most women with any sort of Mediterranean heritage will understand. Chin hair… just sort of… happens. We pluck, we bleach, we hide it any way possible. Then you reach middle age, and you can no longer see those hairs in the mirror. Without a powerful magnification mirror, ... Read More »
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