Last weekend, we drove out west for a long-awaited camping weekend with our dear friends from college. We met up in Monterey, Mass., at a state forest called Beartown, and there we set up camp on a lake and enjoyed a weekend of sleeping under the stars, building campfires and other such camp-like activities. Andreas [...]
Where do you stand on luck? Do you think it’s something you make? Like a cake or a painting or a pair of socks? Is it something you either have – or you don’t? Or is it like a long-distance friend, sometimes visiting you for a night or two? Perhaps a few days or a week? Do [...]
For Christmas, my mother-in-law gave me a subscription to Martha Stewart Living, which had to be one of my favorite gifts of the season, simply because like all subscription gifts it keeps on giving, month after month. And this morning as I scrolled through the Valentine’s Day issue, I came across this story on gathering your [...]
Ah, the holidays. My favorite time of year. Time for family gatherings, office Christmas parties, tacky decorations and lots (and lots) of food. It’s also the time when most people tend to take stock of what they have. A time for reflection, and a time for gratitude. I don’t know about you, but I usually [...]
Not long after we got engaged, Andreas and I began asking our closest friends and family to be part of our wedding party. When I could, I tried to ask my bridesmaids in person. It just felt like too big a deal to do any other way. I was fortunate enough to be able to [...]
Thoughts in my brain right now: -I love the holidays. Love love love. Maybe it’s because I celebrated two of them growing up (both Hanukkah and Christmas). Maybe it’s because I love the feeling of a full house. But either way I embrace it all. The music that starts playing in grocery and department stores [...]
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I wanted to take a minute and acknowledge those things and people in this world that I am thankful for, not just today, but every day. But instead of drafting some long, drawn-out list, I thought it would be more fun to express it as a Wordle. So without further ado…
Tonight I’m making this incredibly delicious potato salad my good friend Roxanne’s mom (Linda) makes. I’m pretty sure she didn’t make up this recipe, but since she’s the one who introduced it to me, it shall hereby be known (in my book) as ‘Linda’s Potato Salad.’ The first time I had this recipe was on [...]
Well, hello there. My, it’s been long time, hasn’t it? I’ve been somewhat neglectful of my blog for a few weeks now, mostly because I went on vacation and took a self-imposed “social media break.” But also because my good friend, Matt Knell, and I have been up at odd hours working on classing up [...]
