Wedding cookies obviously made by an overachieving Pittsburgh wedding aunt. I’m going to Baltimore soon for my niece’s wedding. Emily is my sister Reenie’s first baby. And even though she will be wearing a stunning J. Crew wedding gown when I see her next, I’ll still picture her as a big-cheeked, whispy-haired baby whenever […]
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Trip Planning Cent Un
I’m not sure what this is advertising, since I don’t speak a word of French, but if it’s for a restaurant, I won’t be going there. I don’t really care for pork. I’m so excited to begin Trip Planning Phase I for our trip to Paris and Rome later this year. I wish I […]
The Worst Bleeping Thing in the World
I’m on Day 4 of having no natural gas coming into our house. On the plus side, I now know more about my house and what energy sources power which appliances and systems. In the negative column, I have developed an unhealthy Stockholm-Syndrome relationship with natural gas and I would do something illegal and […]
Not-So-Gently Down the Stream
I’ve never considered myself Super Girl, but after canoeing on the Loxahatchee River last weekend, I can honestly say that I’m fairly useless in the strength department. Remember that ad for Charles Atlas body building where the skinny guy gets sand kicked in his face by the muscly guy? That’s me, but fatter and […]
Happy Feet
I heard Maurice Hines interviewed on NPR this week, talking about the Manzari Brothers, yet another set of tap dancing brothers. Having a brother must make tapping easier or something. The Nicholas Brothers, Gregory and Maurice Hines, Gene Kelly and that cartoon mouse, and now these Manzari brothers . . . Makes me wonder […]
Hi Mom, I’m Home
It’s mid-May and for many of us it’s the time when our college kids come home for summer break. Check back with me in late May to see if I’m still alive or if I’ve been strangled by a dirty sock. My son arrives home from Phoenix tonight. (No, not University of Phoenix online […]