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Next Week
is THANKSGIVING WEEK! I've got some serious work planned for myself and Emily. First off I have to get in all the food so that we can make, bake, or cook WHATEVER we feel like! That will start on...
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The Thanksgiving Weekend is over
This was "our" turkey this Thanksgiving and it was a tasty bird indeedy! I went food shopping with my BFF and we decided to just GO FOR it and buy this premium turkey. We both had terrific results....
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A MOVIE REVIEW
This is a first for me, as I am about to review a movie we went to see over the long weekend.THE DESCENDANTSA few details first.I am a person who likes to be ENTERTAINED at the movies.I am a person who...
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I got a LITTLE creative
Not to bore anybody or anything, but while Gary was away traveling down south I had some fun cutting and gluing and eating Chinese food 1 evening. I had the TV on in the background of the lighting of...
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Baking the Banket!
Today I joined Amy and her Mom to bake a dutch Christmas cookie called a Banket. This is a light pastry wrapped around a very sweet almond paste which we decorated in the Christmas red and green...
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Crispy Maple Sugar Cookies
I really enjoy baking. What I can't take about me is the need to multi task WHILE baking. Why did I have to take the recycle out to the curb when I should have been watching the browning of the buttery...
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I really ENJOY baking
This past weekend we went to 2 holiday parties. I always enjoy baking this time of year - well that's wrong. I enjoy baking EVERY DAY of the year! And of course you know what I'm going to say next...
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On a lark
My weekday morning ritual goes as follows.1. Turn on my computer2. Go right to Martha's blog http://www.themarthablog.com/3. After I read Martha's blog I read her dog's blog...
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A very WARM day in NYC
This past Saturday my friends and I went to a matinee show. We saw SEMINAR staring Alan Rickman. I met these women when our children started in the school system and we've been friends ever since (18...
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I baked this cake
I love to bake. I love to EAT what I bake. I love to eat. I love to B.A.K.E.! Sometimes I wish I had a little bakery where I could serve slices of my coffee cake, or my quick cocoa cake, or my carrot...
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Getting over the FLU!
I don't have pictures to post - yet - I have to find the cord for my iPhone.We are back from the 2 week whirlwind of 2 trade shows. We are trying to get out from under tons of paper as well as tons of...
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IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: THE SOUND OF MUSIC MY WHOLE FAMILY / THE MAREN AND CAHN SIDES BOTH! THE COLOR GREEN MY KITCHEN **SIGH** BLUE JEANS QUICK COCOA CAKE THE OCEAN A RESORT IN ST.BARTS THAT I'VE BEEN...
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I am a B.B.
Can anyone out there GUESS what a B.B. is? Yep - I'm a BAD BLOGGER! I've had writers block. I've had I the winter blues - lame excuse because here in the North East we haven't even HAD a winter! Welp...
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What a difference a year makes
This photo was taken on April 20th, 2011 when my neighbor's Magnolia tree was in full bloom.This picture was taken on March 20th, 2012 - a FULL MONTH EARLIER than last Spring that my neighbor's...
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A Fifty Shades of Grey POST!
Come on now, you know I just HAD to write something about the "hot" new trilogy that I "Evelyn Woods (aka speed reader)" through the last 10 days called FIFTY SHADES OF GREY!First let me say briefly...
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My First Friends in South Orange
Yesterday was succulent planting day with my 2 friends Amy and Camilla. We all have kids age 23 -or nearly 23 and then we have our 2nd kids who are nearly 20 -and Russ - age 21. I saw this great...
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A Post about COFFEE
Sometimes after we eat din-din, we feel like having a sweet. BUT - NO SWEETS FOR US SADLY!So I like to make a pot of coffee and become my own Barista!!!!!!!!!!! You know me, I always like to watch a...
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A Little Nail Color
Exactly a year ago I started to have a fascination of nails but more importantly NAIL POLISH! I find all the colors way too difficult to choose from and so I try EVERY color at the salon! When I'm in...
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Like a Puffy Cloud
Tonight we are invited to friends house for a Mexican themed night. I was asked to bring dessert but that I didn't have to stick to a Mexican theme. There will be a lot of people so I decided to bake a...
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We had a Little Bitty Vacay
to PALM SPRINGS California! We want to go back we HAD.THAT.MUCH.FUN! The first few days the temps were in the 100's. No bother - IT'S A DRY HEAT - YESSIRRR!Gary played a few rounds of golf. I drove the...
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