I just love dinner parties. But for the table setting, the napkin ironing, the course planning, the cooking, and the general pre-company BUSTLE, I would have a dinner party every night. (That sound you hear in the background is my parents and/or boyfriend keeling over.) I love the living room crowding, the catching up conversations [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
10 Dec
holiday gift idea: a bottle o’ spiced rum
Before I begin, I would like to say: I hope I am not accidentally giving away another family secret. I don’t think I am. Let’s tread cautiously, though. When Boyfriend and I were in France last May (oh, summer! being too hot! what is that like?), we spent a couple days at my family’s in [...]
25 Nov
ever thankful
Ever since graduating, I have missed my high school’s annual Thanksgiving Assembly with a powerful gut-punch of nostalgia. We would gather in the C/A and, after a few words from the headmistress, start lining up on either side of the stage– students, teachers, administrators, coaches, all – to read our lists of thanks. You worked [...]
21 Sep
in which i “mea culpa”
Hi there. It’s been a while! I’m really sorry kiddos! I’ve been busy in the past month plus. Also, I’m an airhead. Please don’t leave me? Immediately after rocking the GREs (kindly see last post), I visited my boyfriend in California. I was a real brat about leaving. Leaving the incredible food that I’m so [...]
26 May
ketchup [catch up] from france; or, this blog still exists!
Oh man, friends. What a rough couple weeks, bloggly-speaking. As predicted, beret-wearing and croissant-eating took up entire days, leaving absolutely no time for blog-writing, which is a shame, because now that I’m back stateside, I’m going to spend the next couple entries making you very hungry, rather than spreading it out organically. Sorry. Anyway, on [...]
