Yesterday was Eat a Peach Day. I didn’t even realize that when I decided to make this ESS Peach Week. But I’ll go with it! I can’t remember if I’ve told y’all that we joined a CSA this year. CSA means community-supported agriculture — we give a farmer a certain amount of money before the […]
When I was little, Baskin Robbins was our ice cream of choice. I think it is actually a part of my DNA, because my mom (and dad) at so much BR when she was pregnant with me: baseball nut and butter pecan in particular. I was always partial to daquiri ice, but when that wasn’t […]
So, I’m clearly really behind in my “So You Think You Can Dance” viewing. But I just have to say: I love this song. I love this girl. I love this dance. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzap7Q7ziOY] That’s all.
As a military wife, military reporter and friend of many Marines (and a few sailors), I have done a lot of overseas shipping. I send so many baked goods that the owner of the Annapolis Post Box knows me as “The Cookie Lady.” The first time I sent cookies overseas was almost 10 years ago, […]
I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t address two trends that make me want to gnaw my limbs off. Neither is new, but unfortunately they don’t seem to be going away. First: Jeggings and/or leggings as pants. See all these women? Combined, they have about 5 grams of fat. And they STILL don’t […]
I know this is shocking, but I always LOVED shopping for back-to-school clothes. It’s really the only time of the year that I remember going and being able to get a lot of new things at once, instead of just a piece here and there. And I always had to have something new for the […]
I thought you could use something somewhat healthy after the cheesy grits, pie and milkshakes. This smoothie is easy and has a ton of good-for-you ingredients, but it doesn’t taste chalky or weird — it tastes like pineapple and banana. Yum. Yeah, I was a little freaked out by the spinach, too. But I swear […]
As you may know, it is virtually impossible to find fresh sour cherries in the grocery store. But Toby’s favorite pie — and annual birthday request — is cherry pie. So I usually bake pies with sweet cherries. When I can find them. This year, I got a present for my birthday (10 days before […]
When I was little, I spent just about every summer day in the pool. A lot of spring and fall days, too. That definitely wreaked havoc on my blond hair. My brother and I had to use UltraSwim shampoo like crazy to get the green out of our hair. Now that I’m older, I don’t […]
I know you weren’t thinking a milkshake was the only thing I made Toby for his birthday. I wanted to make a special breakfast, lunch and dinner. The milkshakes — with some Dixie Chili coneys — were for lunch. And he wanted to grill for dinner, so I made some sides and a pie (which […]