Category Archives: cooking

hadi’s nectar

“Nice weather if you’re an orchid,” was my comment to Bill when I opened the door this morning. The heat and humidity have settled in and it’s time for more of Hadi’s Nectar. Nearly ten years ago I was the matron of honor when my dear friend Kathy married Hadi. Kathy is a Renaissance Woman [...]

the sweetest rats

I have blogged about our daughter’s school book club and about the book club that she and I share but there’s a third book club that she’s involved with. It’s a neighborhood kids’ book club. Members take turns hosting the monthly meetings and whoever is hosting chooses the book for that month. One of the [...]

party favors that answer the question “what’s for dinner?”

I’ve written before about my wonderful quilt group who’ve cheered me on and given me valuable, candid feedback when I need it.  We meet once a month in our studio and have a year-end brunch in our dining room to discuss our plans for the New Year. Our daughter Sophie loves these women and occasionally [...]

get a clue

Well, we all survived the Nancy Drew Mystery Birthday Sleepover. No tears and no trips to the Emergency Room. We decided that the secret to the party would be in having a series of clues that the girls had to decipher in the dark. Each had a flashlight or headlamp and scurried around the house [...]

nibble tray

me love cookie monster cupcake! your source for vintage sewing patterns does your Barbie need a knit mermaid tail?

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