If anyone out there is wondering if it would be a fun activity to say goodbye to the home and people that you love, I assure you it’s not. Frankly, it really sucks. More than most things, I’d dare to say. The party we threw for Ari the week before we left was all kinds of bittersweet. It…
Although I wish I could claim credit, the platter featured in this round of #SaturdayPlatterDay was my mom’s creation. I’ve seen some of her artwork she did back in high school and they weren’t half bad. But trust me when I say this is her greatest masterpiece (the greatest masterpieces are always edible). She put together this spread…
The platter was as delicious as the photo of it is blurry. I know, that’s saying a lot. This platter was from a few Saturdays back when I hosted two of my brothers and their significant others for dinner. I still can’t get over the fact that they are old enough to have significant others, let alone that…
Saturday Platterday – Mother’s Day edition. Technically this platter was created on Sunday and technically I’m posting on a Sunday, but since I created #SaturdayPlatterDay, I also make the rules for what counts and what doesn’t. This platter definitely counts. In our house, I am usually the exclusive platter creator. I spend my days constructing platters in my…
Taking the macro perspective, 2020 has been an absolute disaster. Literally end of the world stuff: plagues, wildfires, tornadoes, police brutality, and we haven’t even gotten to the election yet… part of me, the part of my soul that will forever remain the 10 year old girl who lost sleep trying to justify how the protagonists in the…
Americans have had some decent ideas over the last few centuries. But one of the best ideas, better than even Thanksgiving itself, was the Turkey Trot. What else are Thanksgiving mornings for? Breakfast isn’t really much of a thing on Thanksgiving (gotta save valuable belly space), there are no presents to open (unfortunately), and you’re mom’s doing all the…