French toast, hot chocolate, wine, a long run, ice cream, quality time with a wonderful friend… Yesterday was a jam-packed, fabulous day! It began with a filling French toast breakfast topped with syrup and fresh blackberries. I let myself digest breakfast for a solid 90 minutes before changing into running clothes and leashing up Sadie…
Mimi’s Sugar Cookies
This is a recipe for Mimi’s sugar cookies. My grandmother’s sugar cookies were simply the best! Her elegant handwriting. The smell of her house. Her dainty wrist always dripping in jewelry. Scotch on the rocks with a twist. Her sugar cookies. My beautiful grandmother. I remember walking through the door of my grandmother’s house in…
It’s Snowing… In a Bar!
Following some very successful wedding dress shopping for my friend Merri in New York City on Saturday, we headed back to her apartment to snack on some chips and guacamole before changing for dinner. We had some very special plans on the agenda for the evening thanks to Merri’s fiancé Pete. Pete planned a special…
Surprise Retirement Party
Thanksgiving 2012
Thanksgiving at my mother-in-law’s house was filled with wonderful food and lots of family fun. My mother-in-law, Diane, always makes hosting a huge family party seem like a breeze which amazes me. Diane and her mother spent all day on Wednesday prepping food for the big Thanksgiving Day feast. Their hard work paid off and…
Todd English’s Tuscany at Mohegan Sun
A five course Italian meal with a wine pairing? Sign me up! On Saturday night, I joined a fun group of bloggers at Todd English’s Tuscany, an upscale restaurant located inside of Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. (Top row: Caitlin, Theodora, me, Beth, Bianca; Bottom row: Elizabeth, Anne, Maria, Tina) Michelle, the social media manager for…