CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO HOLIDAY CHEER

I'm having the best time this holiday season.

maybe is the friends. maybe its the loved ones. maybe its the new job

whatever it is i'm INTO it.

THANKFUL FOR ANOTHER FAMILY THANKSGIVING

thanksgiving 2010

logansport, indiana

GOBBLE GOBBLE

i'm heading to indiana bright and early tomorrow morning for my annual thanksgiving visit with my mom and grandparents. food, family, friends and cats. many, many cats.

(above - townsend the turkey, a pinata i helped make for thanksgiving with friends in brooklyn forever ago). photo nina westervelt. november 2005.

travel safe friends.

and happy thanksgiving!!

CRAFT NIGHT #1 - SHIBORI!

i've been talking about making a monthly craft night for months now, and i finally decided i just needed to make it happen. Earlier this month i rounded up a handful of crafty ladies and we started the new tradition. novembers theme was shibori. everyone brought shirts, scarves, bags and socks and we went to town.

we're meeting every second tuesday of the month to drink wine, eat pizza and get crafty. if you're interested in joining let me know! December's craft is going to be making ornaments - i'm already keeping my eye out for good ideas

bring on the holiday cheer.

SWEET APPLE PIE

i make an apple pie at least once every fall

this year i used honeycrisp apples from Dressel Farms

november 2010

HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, BLONDER

tommy guns version 2.0

you can take the summer out of the season, but not my hair.

summer vibes all year round.

FLOWERS IN HER HAIR

this week was my niece becca sue's first birthday. my sister melissa loves to put flowers and bows on becca's head, so i knitted this lil white hat and a handful of crocheted flowers she can swap out. i wish the photo would have turned out better, but what you gonna do?

turns out she loved them - and now i've been commissioned to make a million more. christmas present crochet overdrive

BON APPETIT NIGHT - SEPT/OCT ISSUE

I mentioned in my first Bon Appétit post that chris and I were making a new monthly tradition of cobbling together an entire dinner from that month's issue of Bon Appétit. Well september and october were crazy for both of us, so we had to combine the two into one dinner.

Sure it was fun trying these new recipes, but honestly they didn't wow us like August's dinner did. it was a little weak. You can't win 'em all!

Rustic Spinach and Cornmeal Soup - October 2010, page 99

Jalapeno Goat Cheese Hush Puppies - Sept 2010, page 104

Seared Ribeye Steak - August 2010, page 76

GET YOUR NAILS DID

ladies night nail-athon

i'm getting good at ombre-ing my nails

HEY LAAAADIES

we try to have a ladies night once a week

molten cupcakes. food. wine. skype. love.

BOOK-IT

WHEN I WAKE UP

this is my view when i wake up

sunny weekend mornings are the best.

THE OUT OF TOWNERS

this past weekend me and some of my favorite weekend warriors hit the road and headed upstate for orchards, antiquing, and motel madness.

these little trips are my favorite.

good friends. good times. good memories.

check out my flickr for a few more pics

november 2010

CHRIS BOUGHT US A NEW COFFEE TABLE

soda helped unpack

october 2010

DON'T FORGET TO LOOK UP

new york, new york

october 2010

GORDS

THE MONSTER MASH

williamsburg, brooklyn

october 2010