I celebrated Valentine’s Day, or rather I guess Valentine’s Day eve, by trying my hand at making cheesecake. While I love cooking and baking, I’ve yet to make a cheesecake, let alone the New York style chocolate cheesecake I decided to try. But it was with excitement that I went…
This past week was very busy with some friends in town, but even so, I’ve been able to continue this nice little writing streak I’ve had. I’ve been able to make myself get up early in the mornings (even when out too late) to write before work, and have written…
In high school, and at various times since, I studied French. And so began a love affair of all things French, finally culminating in a long awaited trip to Paris over Thanksgiving ’09. Italian was another language I’ve always wanted to learn, and a couple of years ago I finally…
You know that saying, “you learn something new every day”? A lot of the time it’s very true, and I find myself thinking that after learning something new. Today it’s happened early, so there may be several something news learned. I’m reading Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, and even…
New Orleans is known for many things. And one thing I heard repeatedly when I mentioned where I was spending my vacation was “oh, the music!” And the music was everywhere. It poured out of the bars and intimate restaurants, it stationed itself on street corners or in the back…
I just got back from a long weekend with my sister in New Orleans. And while I won’t get into the trip just yet, let me just say that it was so much fun! I’m going through photos now (just got in this morning) and will have some stories to…