There are a few things about Ireland that really stand out in my memory: Hanging upside down to kiss the Blarney Stone. Irish passing “lanes” and the resulting gray hairs. Bunratty and the realization I could never drink an Irishman under the table. And of course the soda bread that we’d buy nearly every day [...]
It is officially the end of February? How many of your New Year’s resolutions have you kept? That’s what I thought. I’m willing to bet that at least one or two of you out there resolved to take some of your holiday weight off this year, and I hate to break it to you but [...]
Valentine’s Day is coming up and for those of you who have a Valentine, there’s only one breakfast that will guarantee you both will be taking a sick day. And by sick day, I mean an *ahem* “sick” day. This basis of recipe comes courtesy of a certain red and white checked cookbook. And, because I’m [...]
When I was a kid and my family got together, there were three essential elements that guaranteed a good time: booze, Velveeta cheese dip and leg wrestling. I was a quiet and awkward kid so I lived vicariously through my mother and aunts as I watched them eat, drink and eventually end up (literally) on [...]
I’ve mentioned before, repeatedly, that I’m not a baker. Which means that any and all baking recipes I post will be so easy, you might as well have your ten year-old do it for you. Such is the case with these delicious cranberry scones. Let’s face it, there are few things better than freshly-baked, warm-from-the [...]
If you’re anything like, oh, everyone else besides Martha Stewart and Mrs. Claus, then at some point over the holidays you lost your mojo. Whether you wrapped it up and gave it to charity by accident or whether it’s sitting in someone’s freezer baked into a fruitcake they’re planning on re-gifting next year, the damn [...]
I dislike the week between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s not just that I need fat pants for my fat pants–I am burnt out. By the time this posts, I am sure to have watched “A Christmas Story” no fewer than 22 times. Since we’re bombarded with all things Christmas starting in September, I like [...]
When I was a kid in the middle of a Dorothy Hamill grow out, my mom used to take me to whatever walk-in place was closest when she decided I looked too Martina Navratilova. After the initial sign in, I would then wait for the next available stylist. Since we never went to the [...]
For Christmas I would like to not put out. I haven’t baked a cookie, wrapped a present, and I’ve barely shopped. My stellar case of laze might as well follow me to the bedroom this holiday season. But there is another person involved here: my Not-so Husband. Yeah, no means no. But there’s nothing like [...]
Even this malcontent has to admit that you can shake some pretty fine stuff out of the mess that is Joyeux Noël. Who knew? I must be getting soft in my old age.
What are some of the little things that make Christmas for you? Do you have any favourite moments you’d like to save?
Chances are you currently have (or are even currently wearing) a holiday sweater. These itchy festive wraps have become as much a staple of the holidays as spiral ham or twinkle lights. Some holiday sweaters are given in earnest and sincere love. These are the gifts from elderly family members or parents of friends of [...]
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