When it comes to celebrating my mom for Mother’s Day, she’s pretty laid-back and chill about plans. All three of her children are grown, and while one of my brothers has been living in Florida for a couple of years now, my other brother and I are still within a reasonable driving distance to see […]
Although the unofficial start to the Summer season doesn’t begin until Memorial Day Weekend (for me, anyway!) I’ve already caught myself dreaming of weekends on the Cape and day trips up to New Hampshire and Maine to spend time by the ocean. After such a dreadful Winter weather-wise, it’s what has been keeping me going […]
While celebrating a belated Galentine’s Day with my mother this past weekend where we participated in a mimosa-filled candle making class, I also took on the project of whipping up a delicious and filling dinner for the two of us once I’d brought her back to her house and was preparing to head home to […]
To say I’m overwhelmed by the outpouring of love, excitement, and well-wishes over the course of the last couple of days for my birthday would be an understatement. While I had expected calls and texts from my family and closest friends as I entered my forties, what I hadn’t planned on was the volume of […]
Although I had wanted to start sharing photos and recaps from my recent long weekend away on the Cape as early as this past Monday, by the time I had returned home on Sunday evening and crawled into my own bed with the air conditioning on full blast (the best way to sleep!) – I […]
When it came time to plan how I’d be spending my Fourth of July Weekend, there were only a couple of rules I had made for myself: No Cape Cod (because no matter what time you get on the road, you will be sitting in traffic for hours only to then wait in lines and […]
While there are many, many, many different road and seaside shacks in and around New England that offer plentiful servings of fried seafood, burgers, and/or ice cream – they are not all created equal – and over the years I’ve definitely stayed loyal to a few of my favorites. That’s not to say I won’t […]
With yet another Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl coming our way this weekend, I’ve been trying to plan a dish that can not only feed and please a crowd, but could also provide some warmth and a little comfort given the recent drop in temperatures and uptick in snowstorms here in the Northeast over the […]