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 […]
Quick Bean Soup with Shrimp
All day today I was thinking about all the recipes I want to share with you. And the gardening mishaps I am bound to make. And anecdotes about my kids. (Although, currently, my 8 year old is just trying to give me more grey hair, so I may be holding off on those for a […]
Onion Dip
There are recipes, and there are recipes. This is the one. This is the recipe that my parents took to every pool bbq, vacation, camping trip, dinner party, and holiday party. They took it everywhere because it is OUT. OF. THIS. WORLD. good. I prefer to make this for book club, pool days, back yard […]
Tale of Two Alexa’s: My Favorite Niece & Kitchen Accessory
I have a fair amount of these-are-necessary kitchen appliances. I have a few that’s-really-not-necessary-but-fun kitchen gadgets. I have a bunch of these-make-everything-easier kitchen tools. One item that I often overlook, but use daily is Amazon’s Echo aka Alexa. (Disclaimer, I was not paid in part or affiliated with Amazon or Amazon Echo. I just really love […]
Baked Mac & Cheese
I know for most, if you look in the pantry there is a superstore stack of boxed mac and cheese. Mine is no exception. LT thinks Kraft is a food group. It’s convenient and promotes no arguing at dinner time. But, it’s not my favorite. And in a nod to Mrs. B, I give you […]