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 …
More or Less Predictable
As we go through life, we tend to get more or less predictable. Once we have settled into a career, a relationship, a home and have some children, things get to be pretty much the same. Unless we wish (or 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 …
Keep Talking About
We should keep talking about those “ancient things” that people tend to forget about. Just to keep the younger generation aware of them. Initially, it was the Ides of March that made me think of this, but that was some Read More …
Big Shoes To Fill
On days like this the people who help strangers, neighbors and of course, loved ones are revered. Indeed, they leave big shoes to fill. When they come inside, they should be greeted with warmth and maybe even cookies, cake, pie Read More …
Someone Has To Make The Call
In a state of emergency, before the weather event happens someone has to make the call. It has to start somewhere. If you listen to the weather forecasters, they started talking about Stella the Winter Storm last week. The super Read More …
Because a Guy
Just because a guy, named Benjamin Franklin, thought that it would help farmers, we are exhausted for about a week. Daylight Savings is something that I could do with out. So can the kids. You know that the standardized tests Read More …
Everything Has a Place
We all know that everything has a place…wher it belongs: At home In my dad’s work truck In a retail store (merchandising plans abound) In a professional kitchen How come, if everything has a place, every Saturday morning, nothing is Read More …