Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It focuses on three things I love: being grateful, family, and food. For the last five years, Thanksgiving has been hosted at my house and we have a routine down pat. I cook everything but the turkey in advance. We go to a Smithsonian museum from 10 to 2, having lunch in the museum dining room. As soon as we get home I finish the dinner and we feast by … [Read more...]
I’ve shopped at the same Food Lion for fourteen years. Some of the staff know me by name and most know me on sight. We can literally walk there and back from my house, and frequently do. Over the last year, though, I’ve defected to the newer local grocery store a few miles away for my big weekly shopping trip. This other store has a Wine Guy and fresh sushi made by real Japanese … [Read more...]
I have four kids at home and one husband, who is Ricky to my Lucy. He puts up with late dinners, occasional clean underpants shortages, and my madcap schemes.
