This weekend I went to an Apple Harvest Festival in Upstate New York with the kid brother. If you consider 21 a kid, which I do. I got to relive my college days (for two nights) of getting carded at the door to bars only to get carded again ordering a drink a. Fighting for standing room on crowded dance floors with underdressed nineteen year olds, while The Killers are blaring so loud that you can’t hear yourself think, but…
My gym celebrated its “34th birthday” this week with raffles, free bring-a-friend-day and loads and loads of junk food. Now, I’m just as guilty as the next person of running five miles and then going home to inhale a plate of spaghetti and meatballs washed down with a vanilla ice cream chaser, but that doesn’t mean I want to do it AT the gym. We’re talking bakery cookies, a large layer cake and I think I even spotted Hawaiian Punch.…
I was at a farm stand in Pennsylvania this weekend and on a whim, bought a big, fat, dark purple eggplant. The only thing I’ve ever made with eggplant (besides grilling them with a little olive oil and Italian seasoning – yum) is eggplant parmigiana. Since the only tomato sauce I had was rock-solid frozen, I read a few of my cookbooks and decided to concoct a recipe for Sicilian Caponata.…
So I’ve been meaning to post a list of things I love for awhile. Maybe it’s the fall weather, maybe it’s the recent purchase of a few coveted things in the shoes-purse department, but I’ve been in a pretty good mood lately. So, here is a list of things that I think are just awesome: Pumpkin scented candles. Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. White sangria in a big, glass pitcher. Antique china.Handwritten thank you notes. Super-soft blankets. Sleeping with…