Come and Dine at Highclere – Update on Preparations
Thank you, everyone, for weighing in with your choices for the Come and Dine at Highclere dinner party. You were all most eloquent in expressing your choices, and I very much appreciate the input. The most popular choice by far was Cobalt #2. It’s...
Playhouse Under The Stairs
It’s finished! Whew! Three weeks from the start of the project, when you might recall, it looked like this: A concrete floor… Concrete block walls which Glenn had just begun to cover with the pine bead board… But we did have a door! And here’s...
Twelve Essential Kitchen Tools
Every Christmas one or more of the kids asks for additions to their kitchen paraphernalia. When doing a mental review of my most-loved tools, I thought a summary might be useful for readers looking for gift ideas for the home chefs in their lives. Santoku &...
The Essential New York Times Cookbook
I came across this cookbook when I was writing the post for Purple Plum Torte and down an internet rabbit hole I happily went. The Kindle version is only $1.99 versus the hardcover at $28.99, so who could resist? Instant gratification at its finest. The book is a...
Cape Flood
Is that a new type of tablecloth? What do you call it, the table rug? Uh, no. That is the 10′ x 12′ area rug from our basement, drying out after we got 8″ of rain in under 3 hours, most of it into our basement, it seems. The Cape had one doozy of a...Follow Us
