I have a friend visiting next week. We just firmed up plans to tick something off of her "35 Before 35" list. Which reminded me that, back in the day,…
So pretty! And the flowers look nice too. Yesterday was the « Fête des Mères » here in France. You see signs for the holiday in shop windows (especially jewelers and chocolatiers),…
A belated happy VE Day to all who celebrate! (Given that it's also called Victory over Fascism Day, we should all celebrate). Brunch with my Bestie We're halfway through a…
First of all, hooray for me, I finished NaBloPoMo! I have an annual tradition that I'm not so proud of. Basically, I post every day in November... and then I…
I just blew my accumulated Amazon gift certificates on a present for... myself. So much for using my credit card points to buy presents for other people. In my defense,…
My sister took some pictures of Ruby's quilt for me. Here they are! The blue quilt underneath it is a wedding quilt that my Grandmother made for her. I'm incredibly…
Happy black friday, everyone! We've gone nowhere near a mall, outlet or big box store today. The closest we got was a failed attempt to buy some apples at a…
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I'm thankful that there's only three of us for Thanksgiving... because nobody minds that we're eating dinner about three hours late. Apparently you have to defrost turkeys…
This morning, I took the bus up to Vermont to spend Thanksgiving with my sister, Christina. Not only was the bus (Darmouth Coach, FTW!) on time, we also got snacks,…
There are lots of things that I can think of to do in NYC for two hours that would be quite enjoyable. Museums, shopping, pizza eating.... Waiting in line for…
You have until 6pm EST tomorrow to enter My Crafty Contest. I'm loving the entries so far, so keep 'em coming! You can get additional entries by blogging or tweeting,…