Looking for some weekend reading? Here are 11 links to explore on this gorgeous and totally un-fall-like Sunday
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Archives for 2014
Taste of Fall: Apple Dessert Recipes
Now that it’s officially fall, I’m beginning to crave apple everything: homemade apple sauce, warm apple pie, and fresh apple cider. Honestly, it’s like I have a Pavlovian response to the change in seasons.
Additionally, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at tonight, and it’s customary to eat apples with honey to symbolize a sweet new year. A traditional Rosh Hashanah meal often includes a honey cake, however; since apple season is in full swing, I think we should make room at the table for one of these tempting apple desserts… READ MORE!
Life Transitions
We’ve been living with my parents in New Jersey for three weeks now, but it could be three months. How can it feel like we’ve been here forever when we’ve accomplished so little since we arrived?
I’m not exaggerating when I say that we’ve been so busy we haven’t even finished unpacking. There are open boxes and overflowing bags taunting us in every room.… READ MORE!
Asa’s monthly baby photo (six months old)
Dear Asa,
Happy half birthday! August was a particularly hectic month as we prepared for our big move, but it was also a month of major milestones for you… READ MORE!
Nailing it: A Modern Manicure in NYC
It wasn’t so long ago that I was still kindly declining manicurists’ offers to jazz up my manicures with nail art. They seemed too eager to paint flowers or dots on the nails of my ring fingers. My preteen self used to jump at the chance (and add a rhinestone, please!), but I’ve always thought nail art looked tacky on adults.
Until now.… READ MORE!
