A Celebration of Mundanity

I took advantage of yesterday's ridiculously warm 68 degree sunny day and went to Frick Park for a little walk with Karen and Ted (and then a fabulous lunch seated outside at the Frick Cafe). Ted had…

Dear Tulip, Hyacinth and Daffodil Bulbs: Yes, I realize it has been lovely the past couple of weeks, the next couple of days are going to be equally lovely and you are thoroughly convinced that…

There have been times, sitting in my study surrounded by the hundreds of books we own, where I have thought I should somehow catalog our little library. Generally, I convince myself that would be…

We recently were out at one of our favorite restaurants and I was reminded of a dish I wanted to figure out. Casbah's Orrichette pasta with a goat cheese, sage cream sauce with cranberries and…

This year's dinner was smaller than previous years, but also much more simple in terms of preparation and dishes served. There was only one "difficult" eater in attendance, where unusual food…

Christmas Eve was spent with my family, as is the tradition. Tons of good food, chatting, exchanging presents and watching the nephews run around being cute. X-mas day was excellent, as per usual…

If only I could post the aroma that is filling my house from the freshly baking Challah bread. After a bunch of talk the other night about the lack of a nearby bakery to get super fresh bread every…

We packed up our luggage and went to the cute Jewish French cafe for breakfast. We were entertained by an Australian pair of older women who did not realize it was a kosher cafe, "You only have…

My little Jewish French cafe is closed this morning but found a different coffee bar to enjoy a croissant in and then parked myself on the beach in the early morning to watch the insane little sand…

For breakfast today I ventured out and found an adorable cafe� it turned out to be a completely kosher Jewish French cafe. Everyone in it was speaking French and I was in heaven!! I had a leisurely…