The Love of Cupcakes

The recent trend of fancy bakers has fueled the love of cupcakes. I know this trend is a bit, well, not that current, but still – who doesn’t love cupcakes? This weekend, we had 3 birthday celebrations and one very Read More …

Broaden Your Horizons

We will applaud you when you decide to broaden your horizons. We may even support you as you adopt new vices… For years we tried to convince my father to try gourmet coffee and craft beer. It took a while, Read More …

Luck O The Irish

Just some fun and luck o the Irish being shared today. A sunny, winter, but warming day…the holiday brings us a much needed opportunity to celebrate with friends and family. We bring out our favorite Irish jokes, the green shirt, Read More …

Stories We Tell At Dinner

Sometimes, the stories we tell at dinner drive the kids to laughter. Sometimes it is confusion. Other times, down right teenage-angst. Go figure. It happens. When we were kids, we had to be careful. Dad would go on and on Read More …

Where Do You Drawn The Line

I can’t imagine what it was like years ago, before maps were created. Then they were invented and many different companies, cartographers, created their own versions.  I am sure that there was a debate, way back then, on where do Read More …

Why Did They Call It That

So. We watched Jackie last night. No, maybe it was Thursday night. Reflecting back on the movie; we were all discussing today, “why did they call it that?” Spoiler Alert. Really. This movie, mistakenly (in my opinion) called Jackie was Read More …

Do You Give Yourself Permission

Sometimes, especially this week, I wonder whether or not people give themselves the latitude to speak up and trust themselves. A good question to ask “Do you give yourself permission… to say no? to say yes? to try again? to Read More …