Elise started saying “Amelia” today instead of Ah-meena. Big deal? After hearing her sister’s name one hundred times a day for the last two and a half years and finally getting it right? Yes, yes it is. Not a whole lot else is going on, except that we are firmly planted in Giants territory for the [...]

Two posts in a week? I’d better slow down before I pull something. Even though I don’t DO a lot, in my head I am cooking glorious meals that spread across my table like a William-Sonoma catalogue cover and making crafty things and clothes that would be good enough to actually wear. I’m not sure if [...]

As last year, and 2 years before that, there are no festivities planned for my 37th year today. I am noticing a trend and that trend is: I am having no fun in my 30’s. So, I am asking the nanny to babysit Saturday so I can go somewhere and have a cocktail. The year in [...]

I loved Germany. We vacationed in Garmisch-Partenkirschen in Bavaria at Edelwiess and – How lovely! How picturesque! People were really nice to us even if we didn’t speak the same language! And pork! And beer! And cheese! Unfortunately, we only had a week to spend on vacation and agreed that we wished we had an [...]