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Trader Joe’s turkey meatballs are my weekday mealtime savior. Bless you, Trader Joe’s meatballs and your quick cooking ways. After loving this wrap, I decided to try a new version. Like the other wrap, it’s got a Mediterranean feel, but more crunch and even more Mediterranean-y, thanks to our good friend tahini. In the five…
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I was a big fan of Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette so I was excited to receive an advanced copy of her latest novel, Today Will Be Different. Unlike Bernadette, in which the story is conveyed through various snippets of correspondence, this one is told in entirely first person. And what a first person it is.…
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The best and worst of the week of 7/25
Read More3 happy things this week. Spoiler alert: they’re all from my trip home.
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I originally wasn’t going to post this recipe – it didn’t seem like anything special. But then I spent a week thinking about how I wanted to eat it again and thought “hmm, maybe there’s something there.” So last week I bought a rotisserie chicken. When I got it home, I immediately tore it apart and…
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Weekends are for weddings! If you’re like me, with 9 weddings each year, the weekends are, quite literally, for weddings (attending them, that is). Also if you’re like me, the weekend is a time to think about planning your own wedding. Lots of people carve out a certain time each week for to wedding planning…
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A boozy brunch felt like it was necessary, so Rebekah, Lindsay, and I hit up Crooked Knife (14th Street location, between 7th and 8th) for some mimosas and good convo over the weekend. There’s a mish mash of furniture at Crooked Knife. There are Victorian couches in the front, burlap covered banquettes in the back,…
Read MoreIt was nice to spend a weekend in the city because tonight we’re heading to Savannah! We’ll be busy travelling and hanging with my fabulous fam for 5 days so it was nice to have a more relaxing weekend leading up to the trip. I recently got to try out some pretty sweet virtual reality…
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Part of the fun of enjoying a meal is dressing for it. The right outfit sets the mood. I think the food just tastes better when I’m dressed appropriately for the occation. My ensemble for a night out with the girls is very different from the one I would wear to a Sunday boozy brunch.…
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Once again I have to say: I love NYC in the summer! Rosemary’s is always packed for brunch, but because all the trendy West Village brunchers skeedaddled to the Hamptons for the weekend, we were able to walk right in on Sunday. There was still a steady stream of people and nearly every table was…
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Peaches to Apples 