My dad was the family cook. And he always cooked the entire spread for Thanksgiving dinner. Since he had been bedridden this year, I had been planning on taking over cooking Thanksgiving dinner anyways. There was no question in my mind that we wouldn't have...
Halloween. Last weekend. Well, two weekends now. Friday Rocky Horror. Midnight. So many virgins. They threw their toilet paper at the wrong time. Watching costumes out the window and making up what they were. Bobby Flay met Emeril. A headless cow. Saturday Boys Town Halloween parade. I was a jackalope. Heather was a...
1. Happy Sweet Goodness Day! 2. To kick off the pre-sweet goodness celebrating I met with Brian and others at Clarke's for a dinner at midnight on Friday. 3. I ate Swedish pancakes. 4. I mangled my pancakes. ...
Saturday was the Fourth of July! For some that means fireworks. For others that means barbecues. For others that means marching in a band and joining the parade! But for me, the Fourth of July only means one thing: The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating...
So I've decided to go this year without a 100 list of things to do this year. For the last two years I carefully crafted a list of things I wanted to do during the upcoming 12 months and tried desperately to accomplish them. This...
To begin this I just want to say that I love all my friends to death. but this is going to be a very bitter post. and i am really tired because I don't sleep anymore. so it won't make sense. Happy New Year, eh? I've just...
I sort of have this love/hate relationship with New Years. Like part of me actually thinks something can possibly change between December 31 and January 1 and the slate be wiped clean. Like a new date can mean a new life. Like I can just...
My financial panther threw a holiday party many people came by and he was rather jolly Professor John played piano, and antlers were worn There was wine and sandwiches, brownies and popcorn The night was filled with family and friend and we drank and conversed until way past the end ...
I was pretty much on my own cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year. To be fair, my family offered to help but I'm stubborn and a bit of a control freak and just wanted to do it all myself. So here's what I made: turkey (brined...
