Last year I challenged myself to review the year with just one photo from each month. It was hard because there were so many picture perfect moments. 2011 was no different, but I was able to relive all beautiful memories month by month with just one picture….gotta play by the rules! : January ~ Snow [...]
Still don’t have plans for New Year’s, but want to get out and do something? Why not coordinate a Progressive Dinner Party with a few neighbors on your street? That way you can ring in the new year with friends ON your street and not have to be out on the roads. We have done [...]
Every year while growing up, my grandmother {Gam} would bring beautiful Christmas crackers and place them at each table setting on Christmas Day. During dinner, we would pop them open and all the little trinkets would fly out ~ usually a tissue paper crown, a teeny tiny plastic toy of some sort and a little paper [...]
This weekend Jay moved over some old photos to our new computer. Today I spent some time reviewing them. And drying my eyes. Where do the days, weeks & years go? It kills me inside to look at these pics and almost {forget} them being this little. {September 13, 2007 ~ 2 years, 4 months} [...]
While I was sitting waiting in the jury room exactly two weeks ago, I thumbed through LOTS of magazines. Magazines from 1986. The periodicals in the jury room are ancient. I reread of Brangelina’s twins births. How old are they now? If you have a room full of even semi-current magazines and don’t know what [...]
Once upon a time, there was a restaurant/bar in Seattle’s university district called Rain Dancer. I would eat there with my dad and sister when visiting the Pacific Northwest. They had the most amazing sandwiches on their lunch menu, but my sis and I would always get the same thing ~ the Southwestern grilled cheese. [...]
Have you ever been to dim sum? If not, you really should go… Little carts come around with dumplings, potstickers, noodles and pork buns/siopao {my fave!}. The even deliver boba teas and coffees on these little carts. So fun. When we lived in the Bay Area we found a place in SF’s Chinatown that we [...]
My favorite season. Happy first day of FALL! {Thanksgiving 2005 ~ Elliott was just 6 months old} This was our first family Christmas card taken in my in-laws backyard in South Carolina. It has always reminded me of a beautiful Fall day… ***** Looking forward to lots of pumpkin recipes, caramel apples, candy corn and [...]
One of my Pinterest girlies recently pinned these potatoes… {Baked Hasselback Potatoes} Since my Dad/Popsi is visiting from Seattle, I figured it was a good excuse to try them. We ate them alongside Ina Garten’s Turkey Meatloaf and garlicky green beans. These taters were full of flavor in every little nook and cranny! I also [...]
Ten years ago today I was driving down Fairmount Avenue on my way to work when I heard {the news}. We were all sent home and I remember being glued to the TV, in disbelief, for hours and days following. I visited Ground Zero about 10 months after {that day}. There was silence…nobody could find [...]
