Lisa’s Nainamo Bars {Holiday Cookie Swap}
On the morning of my first cookie swap of the season, I was gearing up to make a mere 6 dozen cookies. I quickly realized that I already had an abundance of dessert from my birthday week and needed to get them out of the house, so I got an idea. My friend Lisa gave […]
Harvest Pumpkin Cake and the Balloon Party
I have fond memories of spending Thanksgiving morning in my PJ’s in front of the TV watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Now, it usually involves cooking while watching the parade, but nonetheless, the parade is always part of the day. A few years ago, my aunt moved to New York and happens to live […]
The Buena Vista Brunch & Spiced Nuts
The Buena Vista Brunch comes around once a year and every year it is just as great as the last. The brunch started many years ago, bringing together a group of friends for a holiday get together in December. Since Dotty and my mom passed, the ladies invited the daughters to join in their place […]
German Chocolate Cake for the Germany Bound
My wonderful, yet jealousy-inducing friend, Melissa, moved to Italy back in August. Now her boyfriend got a job with Adidas in Germany and is moving to Nuremberg for an undetermined amount of time. Pros: I get to visit her (hopefully in March!) and live vicariously through her. Cons: My crafting/knitting/tea loving/thursday night dinner buddy doesn’t […]