Last weekend was the annual lobster bake at the mountain house, a tradition started years ago by a group of work friends, which we were not, that grew to include families of those friends, which we are, and for which we are now tremendously grateful to be a part of. The weather was practically perfect, [...]
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(For more on this once-and-future series, see this post. Or find all the harebrained episodes via tag in the sidebar.) Alternate title: What I’m Eating For Lunch Today (with homemade gazpacho) That Is Rocking My World. There’s no need for exposition, the food speaks for itself. We’ll start with the eggs. Plenty of people have [...]
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Dammit, August. I was trying to simplify. Relax. Enjoy the moment. Stop recording life and try living it. But then you had to go and be awesome, and I have no record of it for The Posterity. There was great cooking (despite the so-called x diet), family vacations, beautiful beer money (what?!) and of course, [...]
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Avi’s birthday was Monday, July 25. He turned 6 years old, which I was fine about until a friend pointed out that my little boy now needs two hands (unless the other party is fluent in ASL) to indicate his age. Whoa. Suddenly that seems so old! In the past year, Avi has learned how [...]
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It’s been over a year since I posted my Food Rules. Not much has changed (in fact, there are a couple new things I should get around to adding), but I do have a confession to make. I don’t hate all cake. Apparently. I make an exception for my sister-in-law’s homemade german chocolate cake with [...]
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First day of kindergarten, August 2010. Last day of kindergarten, June 2011. Also, this: Someone had a great year. Happy last day of kindergarten, Avi. Enjoy the dress down day, the after-school pizza party, the playground celebration at the Farmhouse. Enjoy hugging your teacher goodbye in that unabashed way only little kids have. Enjoy your [...]
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My dad’s birthday was Saturday. A big birthday. We had a steak and eggs brunch to celebrate, and I offered to make the eggs. (My dad, of course, made the steaks.) All week I thought about what kind of eggs to make, and all week i came to the same conclusion: steak+egg casserole=too much food. [...]
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Submitted without commentary. Oh, who am I kidding. Comments below. Avi was pretty obsessed with Spring Carnival this year. It was a total bummer that the weather was lousy on Saturday, preventing him from actually visiting in person. As you can see above, though, he knows exactly where to find it next year. (A clue: [...]
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(No, I don’t have tickets to give away.) You can buy them here, though. Because what better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than to order tickets to a children’s theater festival next weekend? (I’m actually not really joking.) I have very tangible memories of attending the Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival as a child. Since the [...]
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Passover happened. Yeah, I know. Old news. Wanna see what I made anyway? This year I took care of the potato dish, something I rarely make since I’m usually only meh about potatoes. I opted for a potato kugel, and luckily my friend Emily Levenson had a recipe I could use as a base. The [...]
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