the tree the kitchen gadget! I am a confessed lover of kitchen gadgets. This penchant, much like my love of naps, I get from my mother. It’s all her fault! As I plan my weekdays, I always look for that one hour where I might pretend I am busy ahem, avoid direct eye contact with the dog who wants to go for ... Read More »
I tend to forget to take pictures. I’ve been known to show up at children’s recitals and graduations without a camera. (Kindergarten graduation really isn’t graduation, right?) The smartphone technology helps you feels less the lousy parent idiot, but even then, there are times when I prefer to kick back and enjoy a scene, never once thinking to record it ... Read More »
So the Mayans were wrong, and in considering the end of our planet, I discovered that this fantastic, rediscovered Maturana grape is now available in the United States, from the Barón de Ley vineyards in the Rioja Baja region. WOOT! WOOT! I love the story behind the grape, too. Traditionally, vineyards in the Rioja region intermingled their vines in the ... Read More »
If there is a dessert sweeter and more elegant than the French macaroon, then I have not yet made its acquaintance. So what a very sweet treat to be given a box of these lovely confections by my friend Sarah, of the eponymous Cafe Sarah. Moderation is key when you have such delectables at hand. Otherwise the New Year’s resolution list ... Read More »
Perhaps the end of the Mayan calendar is just the turning of the page, a new chapter. It will be winter solstice when you read this and, if you’re a small business owner in New York State, the date that the last quarterly sales tax of 2012 is due. But as I sit in my living room, watching the snow ... Read More »
Do you buy it? Do you believe the Mayans predicted the end of the world as we know it? Do you know that most high school-aged children are using the Mayan calendar as a way to hedge their bets on homework assignments? “If we’re still here on December 22, I’ll get my annotated bibliography done.” I wonder how many mortgage ... Read More »
[youtube id=”Hajwg6kxpQ4″ width=”600″ height=”350″] How awesome and timeless is the Charlie Brown Christmas special? I remember waiting for it every year as a child, laughing at Charlie Brown’s tree, and at Lucy’s relentless pursuit of Schroeder. There are classic lines in the special, as well as scenes, themes and music that is not replicated elsewhere. I especially appreciated the piano ... Read More »
Too much effing Pinterest, a bottle of wine1 and a night “off” from the restaurant led to a series of mini-projects being start and actually (shockingly) finished last Thursday night. There are loads of things that I’d like to do to the apartment. Such as this. And this. Oh, and this. However, none of them are actually financially (or spatially) ... Read More »
Prior to moving to the Adirondacks, my family always bought their Christmas trees from a local Christmas tree farm (particularily, in the latter years of our Delaware residency, from Loblolly Acres). But for the last two years, my roommate and I have gone trekking through the woods for our Christmas trees and evergreen boughs. It is something I look forward ... Read More »
Last week, with a couple of days off in a row to look forward to, I drove a few hours to visit a friend whom I haven’t seen awhile. When I walked in the house and asked, “Whose dog?”, I got a look that made me know it had been entirely too look since I’ve visited. It had been almost a ... Read More »
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