Our Share of the Harvest

Kristen’s pregnancy cravings have her basically on a first name basis with the folks at Qdoba and we wanted to honor the little senorita’s preferences by having a taco bar and other Mexican-inspired dishes for lunch.  But, after first seeing this ombre cake on Pinterest (the idea is originally from a Swiss website but became [...]

There are a few things that hosting an intimate baby shower among good friends allows you to do that you can’t really do with a larger group. One is creating awesome invitations.  If I only have 4 invitations to make, I can go nuts in the craft store and get whatever doo-dads I want to [...]

I met my best friend when I was 6 years old.  We’ve seen each other through switching schools, bad boyfriends, journalism deadlines, tennis team losses, college rivalries, marriages, new houses and now, finally, pregnancy.  I could not be more excited for my friend Kristen to bring her baby girl into the world and that baby, [...]

Being smack-dab between Thanksgiving and Christmas, can we talk cranberries?  I hope to God you have fresh cranberry sauce for the holidays–cranberry sauce is the one fresh-tasting, acidic, bright-colored dish amongst all the brownish carb-or-cheese-or-both casseroles during most winter feasts.  I’d hate to see that significant place of honor occupied solely by that miserable stuff [...]