Last night my mother cooked me an amazing birthday dinner in her backyard.
There were lots of fun decorations. And sombreros.
Jack zoomed around the backyard and investigated every bug and old baseball.
The Boyfriend played soccer with my little cousin.
My mother dropped the plate of hamburgers and hot dogs as they were about to go on the [...]
Food, of course.
Okay, maybe this rule only applies to me. And my sister. Who celebrated a very snowy birthday last weekend with lots of yummy eats.
We met up in New York for some sisterly birthday celebrations, which entailed walking, talking, and eating. All day long.
Most of the day was spent tooling around Soho and the [...]
They say (and by “they,” I mean my mother) that you gain weight when you are happy in a relationship. I’m not sure if I buy into all that.
Then again, this was the sight that met my eyes when I walked through the door this evening:
Well, hello, lover.
That would be a slice of cheesecake from [...]
The second half of my Thanksgiving was as zany and packed as the Turkey Trot. We drove over to my aunt’s where we found lots of cousins and lots of food.
The table was set for 18 of us.
The plates are a special set my grandmother saved for Thanksgiving.
While everyone chatted over wine, my aunt finished [...]
