I have always eyeballed the fresh cranberries that start appearing in stores around the holidays, but I’ve never actually purchased them. I actually prefer the cranberry jelly that comes out of the can like a brick, complete with ridges. My sister and I always bring our own cans to Thanksgiving dinner, after one horrible year […]
Festive New Year’s Cocktails
New Year’s Eve is a time for celebration, and the perfect excuse to come up with a special new year’s cocktail! One year ends with reflection and you welcome in the new one with hopes and wishes for what’s to come. So what’s better than celebrating that with a few drinks. It doesn’t matter if you’re […]
(Award Winning) Mac & Cheese with Leeks
I got this recipe from a friend, when I mentioned that we were participating in a Mac and Cheese Cook-off over Labor Day weekend… I had wanted to make a batch ahead of time, but didn’t have a chance, so I went into it with my fingers crossed, and am pretty happy with the results! […]
Baby Yoda Fan Art
This post contains affiliate links. When the collective internet falls in love with something the way it’s fallen in love with Baby Yoda, there are really only two things that can happen. OK, maybe three. The internet makes gifs. The internet makes memes. The internet makes fan art. (The internet also demands merch, which […]
Pasta Christmas Tree
This post contains affiliate links. Looking for an easy craft for older kids to do this holiday season? As long as you trust them not to go off the rails with a hot glue gun, they can make a whole forest of these fun little pasta trees for decorations! This makes a great Christmas craft […]
About the Harry Potter play (No spoilers)
Before you proceed through this post: I’m writing this 2 days after seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Curran theater in San Francisco. I will do my best not to give any spoilers at all, but I will make some very generalized statements and suggestions. I’m not telling anything about the plot […]
Gift Ideas for Crafty Kids
This post contains affiliate links. Do your kids love arts and crafts? Do they love to create new things? Maybe they love to draw, or sculpt or paint or just simply create. If this sounds like a kid that you know, there are a lot of really great options when it comes to gift giving […]
Baby Yoda / The Child Gifts
This post contains affiliate links. It makes sense that Disney wanted to keep the existence of Baby Yoda (The Child) under wraps until the reveal on the first episode of the Mandalorian on Disney+, but that also makes it tough for those of us wanting to purchase of gift all things The Child this holiday! […]
Our Santa HQ Visit for 2019
THIS IS A SPONSORED POST but all views expressed are mine. I said it last year and I’ll say it again: I don’t know how many Christmases we have left that Max will be willing to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what he wants for Christmas, but I’m not doing anything to encourage […]