Limited Edition Pastries
Bugnes lyonnaise, galettes des rois, and bûches de noël. Seasonal pastries in France.
NYE in Munich
Photo by Eden Garhart-Smith I'll admit it: I was nervous to go out for New Years Eve in a city I've never been to, on a bone-chillingly cold night. We'd…
Christmas Eve in Lyon
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! We had our big family celebration this evening (all three of us). Tomorrow, we'll eat leftovers and charcuterie. Our wooden Christmas tree (It does not suck…
Merry Christmas Eve Eve!
Christmas hoop choreo at my local aerial studio It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Judging by the crowds when I went out to get some final gifts today,…
If You Ain’t Using It, Don’t Fix It
Thanks to a heads up from a friend that my site was throwing up database errors instead of posts, I just spent a good chunk of my Easter Sunday fixing…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Kristian made me a coffee, with a side of Russell Stover chocolates. (Lilian got a chocolate milk with a side of Frozen™ jelly beans.) Lilian and I made a card…
How to Train Your Dragon (to bring you fun sized Snickers bars)
Halloween is pretty much my favorite of all the holidays. I love the candy, the decorations, the costumes... (when I was a freshman in college, I outfitted about a half…
Memorial Day 2015
If the quality of a long weekend can be gauged by how dirty and sticky your child was by the end of it, I'd say this one was pretty damn awesome.…
Mothers’ Day 2015
I had a pretty great Mothers' Day this year. In fact, I had a pretty great weekend. Friday night, we relaxed after work with a couple of drinks. Saturday, I…
Handmade Christmas
I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to sew Christmas presents this year, but I still managed to make a few little things. I figured I'd…