Category Archives: Fruit

I am stressing over this post. I want it to be perfect. I’m not sure what’s gotten into me lately. Isn’t the pursuit of perfection the antithesis of everything I stand for? Everything I’ve told you (very sincerely) that I don’t want? It seems that the tailspin of our summer has truly taken a toll on Continue Reading

        Please, please, please tell me you remember this commercial!   Oh my goodness, you gotta love the 80′s! I was seven years old when this commercial was popular. We thought it was the funniest thing and used the tag-line: “It’s nuttin’ honey” all over town. Like I said, it was the Continue Reading

Ever since Daniel got the formal Grandparent introduction to Chips Ahoy cookies, he has been asking for them….a lot. He eats three nutritious meals a day. He’s not hungry. Just completely enamored with the dry, crumbly goodness of Nabisco’s sugary chocolate-chip treats (quite seriously though – who isn’t?). As the DJ on the non-stop cookie Continue Reading

Some girls’ hearts go pitter-patter for a robin’s egg blue Tiffany & Co. box. Mine, on the other hand, goes all-aflutter for a cream-and-green Williams-Sonoma box. So when Michael and Heather presented me with such a box for my birthday present, I literally shrieked with excitement. It was an Ebelskiver pan! Man, do they understand me. Continue Reading

        Question! How you answer reveals a lot about your personality. No pressure. When you rise in the morning, what do you do with your pajamas? Do you hang them neatly on a hook, toss them haphazardly wherever they land or fold them tidily and put them under your pillow? One more Continue Reading

      Today marks the beginning of Lent. Many will observe the season by abstaining from meat on Fridays and “giving up” a habit for the next 40 days. I’m sure many will be putting away the chocolate. I’m with you there. But I’m wondering… Can we keep apples? Can we let walnuts stick Continue Reading

Last weekend, we were invited to a lovely brunch at the home of our new friends Jennie and Keith. Everything was delicious, especially Keith’s killer french toast. The kids were playing peacefully and we were enjoying great conversation over superb food. Almost as an aside, Jennie mentioned that she “threw together” a citrus salad but Continue Reading