who doesn't love a luminaria?For the second year in a row, I volunteered to pour wine last night at the Historic Albany Foundation's annual event, Built. This silent auction and art exhibit highlights the use of vacant buildings in Albany and is a wonderful fundraiser, as well as being a really fun night. Mark Brogna, … Continue reading Built
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Watch this pot!
6 bulbs, some soil, a cool potI can only imagine where some of you thought this was going...It's that time of the year, folks - get your paper whites planted and look forward to the most satisfying, least expensive holiday decoration ever. Last week, on my way home from skiing, I picked up 6 bulbs … Continue reading Watch this pot!
Pumpkin Pie ice cream
On what may have been one of the last open sunroof afternoons of fall 2011, I decided to indulge in a new-to-me flavor of ice cream - Stewart's Pumpkin Pie. I've always been more a lemon meringue pie kind of lady, but, since I haven't stumbled across a similarly flavored ice cream, I decided to … Continue reading Pumpkin Pie ice cream
Banana-chocolate chunk muffins
In my continuing quest to avoid turning on the heat, I become a prolific baker. There's nothing, other than a fired up furnace, that warms up a home faster than the smell of baked goods or roasting meats or veggies. Since my children are dismal failures when it comes to eating the bananas I buy … Continue reading Banana-chocolate chunk muffins
Acorn squash
Why, oh, why did I not eat beautiful orange vegetables (other than carrots) when I was a child? These days not much makes me happier than a pan of sweet potatoes, butternut squash and my favorite, acorn squash, roasting together in the oven and so I say, "Welcome back squash! I've missed you."I'm sure there … Continue reading Acorn squash
An Albany evening
Last weekend I enjoyed what may have been the ideal early autumn Sunday afternoon in Albany. And it didn't even involve football or chicken wings. Instead, I got to wear something pretty and see people I originally met a couple of decades ago when I first worked for Donna and Yono Purnomo. I've celebrated quite … Continue reading An Albany evening
45 Things I’ve learned this year
1. I prefer my surgery with local anaesthesia.2. There is a huge difference between having one's heart broken and having your ego stomped on. The first situation requires time to heal, the later demands a realistic examination of what the relationship really meant means.3. Part time parenting is the dirty little secret of divorce. … Continue reading 45 Things I’ve learned this year
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