Crockpot Luck
September 2008 When Mitch and Gloria invited me to their Crock Pot Luck, I mentally brainstormed some potluck dishes to bring, but I concluded that such a clever party theme…
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November 27, 2010
Eat Your Veggies
August 2008 Quelcy, Quelcy, quite, quite merry, How does your garden grow? With gourds and greens and buttery smells, And judgmental nieces all in a row! I left Paris early…
November 27, 2010
Eat Your Milk, Drink Your Cake
August 2008 Shannon Kulp (left) and I (right) were born on the same day, just one month apart, and we were immediate playmates once my family moved to the neighborhood. …
November 26, 2010
La Tarte Eiffel
June 2008 I replaced a nineteen-year-old New Zealander in Le Perreux Sur-Marne. She told me she was simultaneously ready to go and in disbelief she would be leaving. I understood. She…
November 26, 2010
Fondant au Suffocation a la Menthe
June 2008 It had to happen at some point during my Parisian au pair stint...un français et moi, a Frenchie and me! Despite my mantras of, "I'm independent here….I'm not looking…
November 26, 2010
Gateau au Fromage
April 2008 There are moments which may seem insignificant at the time, but upon later reflection, these moments are of utmost importance. I spent a semester in Aix-en-Provence, in the…
November 26, 2010
Christmas TREEat & Cakemen
December 2007 Doug and Regina Shayne, Stacy, Tonya, Tosha (and me) (Enter Michelle, Mark and Mike from stage left) And thus you have: Torey Elizabeth, Dalton Briggs, Danielle Bailey, Drew…
November 26, 2010
Snowy Scene
December 2007 After graduating from college and before settling into anything too serious, I worked for a a strong, persistent, creative, artistic woman. She weathered the storms for years in…
November 26, 2010