Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
You spend months planning the perfect vacation. You pick a destination, save your pennies, and remember to update your passports — seriously, check those passports — only to fall sick five days into your trip. What a drag. I’ve been on a lot of trips and I’ve been sick on a few of them when I …
Every Fall I purge our house. From top to bottom, I go through everything and either donate, discard, or recycle it. It’s a chore that I like less and less every year, particularly when it comes to my children’s rooms. This year, I was appalled by the number of items I found in their room …
I love soup. Soupy, soup soup. And when turkey time of year rolls around, I get a little flutter of glee because I know that I’m going to score me some delicious turkey soup. And it will cost nada. You have to make it, but who cares? SOUP FOR YOU. Pay attention to me, grasshopper, …
Dear Millicent, October is my favorite time of the year. It’s not about falling leaves and pumpkins for me, but rather Beer and Bratwurst. Zigga-zagga, zigga-zagga, hoy, hoy, hoy! Bring on Oktoberfest! So here’s my problem: Mustard. I fancy myself a bit of a stain ninja in that I can get out chocolate and blood …
I am not the adventurous type. I live in the same town I was born in, I married a guy I dated in high school, and we bought our house from my parents who bought it in 1978. I’ve had the same bedroom since I was five years-old and I order the same thing every …
October 1st is National Homemade Cookie Day! Now this is a day I can get behind! As I’ve said before, I hate cooking; but there’s something about butter, sugar, eggs and flour mixed up in a bowl that I find irresistible. Yes, I’ve eaten raw cookie dough, and I’m still alive… Cookies make everyone happy, …
In 2010 I visited New York City for the first time ever to attend BlogHer. I immediately fell in love with NYC and in an unexpected twist, was struck with guilt almost from the time I stepped off the plane. On the one hand I was living footloose and fancy free with my girlfriends in …
I love a few things in life. I love coffee, and chocolate, and…oh yes! I love my kids, and dessert, and also coconut. It’s pretty easy to make me happy if a day can somehow involves all these things. We’ve been trying to eat a healthier diet here at my house, and since cold and …
