By tomorrow morning we may know who will be running this leaky ship for the next four years. All I know is that I will be grateful to get back my evening hours without robocalls! Does anyone really listen to those calls all the way to the end, other than the candidate’s mother? Is any single voter swayed by the canned nonsense? ... Read More »
From the street comes the best things: a great dresser (once you get rid of the mouse droppings and find some handles so that the drawers actually open), a pair of all-they-need-is-to-be-resoled boots and, of course, all sorts of yummy food. I’m not talking about urban foraging here. Unless you consider going from food stall to food stall in search ... Read More »
I was out walking the dog the other day, and couldn’t keep myself from dragging her to a stop, pulling out my cell phone, and snapping this shot. Most leaves had turned to brown, otherwise known as fodder for my mildly obsessed husband’s mulching mower. This tree on the neighbor’s lawn was sporting vivid shades of red that I had ... Read More »
Waldo was pretty easy to find, once you learned how to scan for his telltale red and white striped shirt. Where have I been, though? Huge apologies are in order. I’m not quite sure where I have been in the blogosphere lately. It feels like I put my head down to get some work done in early September, and I ... Read More »
Fellow blogger Claire and her husband will be pleased to know that I’ve come around to Greek wines. It isn’t that I thought of Greek wines as being bad, per se. It’s that I really didn’t give them much thought at all. Back in Sept, barVino closed its door and the staff took a field trip to NYC and the ... Read More »
If you have ever tiled an area, you are familiar with spacers. They hold the tiles in place until the cement sets. Spacers ensure your tiles stay evenly separated from the others, so your rows don’t go off kilter. We had the pleasure of sharing a great dinner last night with good friends, but these friends should come with a ... Read More »
I’ve been a Wes Anderson fan ever since I saw Bottle Rockets. Although it was released in 1996, I didn’t see it until six years later, when my brother moved into my apartment in Santa Fe and brought his insanely large movie collection with him. Containing everything from the 1928 black and white The Passion of Joan of Arc to the ... Read More »
I’ve read Emerson and Thoreau and tried very hard to read to The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (just couldn’t do it), but these things do not an outdoors woman make. Which is why I love that my friend Elizabeth is around to help motivate me to get up a mountain every now and then. After all, this is the Adirondacks. Tuesday, we ... Read More »
Rites of passage are usually celebrated moments: graduation, marriage, getting a coveted job or promotion. And then there are those rites of passage that just happen without our being aware. When did it happen that I began to walk around a puddle, instead of detouring directly through it? When did the smell of bubble gum become gross? When did I ... Read More »
When we cook dinner at home, we almost always crack open a bottle of wine. Now for a casual dinner at home several times a week, you would be reluctant to use the blockbuster wines kept in your cellar for special occasions or for dinners with valued friends who know their wines. (Having said that, I do not slavishly adhere ... Read More »
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