When we bought our house almost eight years ago, it came with an apple tree. I remember we hadn’t lived here long and my niece Alexa was over and she was picking apples and the next thing I knew she had Chef making apple crisp. To be honest, she really seemed like the only one […]
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Anatomy Of A Burger
It’s often referred to the official start of the grill season, so it seemed only appropriate to start Memorial Day weekend with a burger bar. I love a good burger, and in my mind they are very similar to pizza in that they are the vehicle for limitless toppings. With that said, it makes […]
Tough Saturday Morning Lessons
There is not secret it’s been a really long week in our house. If you are following on social media, the posts I have shared there have further solidified this fact. Lately, I am living for the weekends. We have a lull in sports before swim team starts next week, there is no true schedule, […]
Shout Out to the Tribe
This is how this morning went…. Wait. Let’s back up. I am not a morning person. Not by any stretch. So every night before bed, I am doubling checking backpacks, the boys are getting snacks packed, and lunch boxes packed, and “helping” to get their uniforms laid out. I don’t do this out of fear […]
Rosemary Mule
WARNING: SHAMEFUL PROMOTION AHEAD. Next Thursday, May 18th the Old Ellicott City community is bringing back GIRL’S NIGHT OUT! I don’t mean to shout, but every piece of normalcy returned to our community is another piece of the painful puzzle put in place that we are slowly assembling. One day it will be complete and the […]
Bourbon Slush
I know I have mentioned my family once, or twice, or a thousand times, and our holiday traditions. This cocktail is right up there. Every Easter, my Aunt Annie would set out a batch of bourbon slushes frozen in tupperware and served in beautiful punch cups. All of my cousins wanted some, and where curious […]
Maryland Crab Soup
It’s been a rough few weeks for me. I have to certain degrees been reliving the events post 7/30. One for an interview, one for tax credit application, one for just torment, it seems. The logical part of my brain knows we are going forward, we aren’t going back. The logical part of me knows […]
Sapphire Martini
I’ve been thinking, outside of the hours of 3:28pm on Fridays thru 11:00am on Sundays, Wednesdays is my favorite day out of the week. L&L have a half a day and it’s a great reset for our family. It’s also one “guaranteed” day I can usually sit down and write. Of course I type that, […]
A Cynic’s View of International Women’s Day
When the alarm went off, I thought in my sleep it’s not possible. And it wasn’t. It was 5:22am and the alarm company to Tersiguel’s was calling to let us know the fire alarm was going off. F*CK ME. I laid in bed and thought, this is it. Can we survive a fire after everything else? […]
Ice Cream Float, Next Level
It’s only Wednesday for those keeping count. I must have missed something because the day has gone like it’s a full moon. Sometimes a mom just needs her own timeout. I give you a mom’s ice cream float. Here are the players. Already you aren’t disappointed, are you? Years, and years ago, long before being […]