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Brûléed Twinkie Ice Cream Sundae 26 Aug 2013 | 07:44 am
Brûléed Twinkie Ice Cream Sundae Awesome things about being married so far: 1. You come home from work and find that someone else has done the dishes. 2. There’s always someone to re-watch Harry Po...
Brown Sugar Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sundaes 21 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Brown Sugar Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sundaes “Just jump; I won’t let you fall.” Do you remember standing on the side of the pool with floaties wedged onto your skinny upper arms, weighing the life-and-dea...
Gooey Carmelitas 10 Aug 2013 | 05:48 am
It’s the detritus that gets me: the rainbow of miscellaneous crap lying everywhere after I’ve packed a bajillion boxes. Listen, I can pack boxes all day long. My obsessive-compulsive brain relishes t...
Our Wedding Day 8 Aug 2013 | 02:25 am
(Photo by Todd Sumlin) I saw Mike’s car turning onto Kings Street as I blew past in my little red Nissan. I hoped he hadn’t caught a glimpse of me — I wanted to see his face when he had a real “first...
Fruity Pebble Strawberry Ice Cream Sundaes 4 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
My chubby hands guided my pen as best they could, but I was frustrated that the lines on paper didn’t look like the lines in my imagination. I could picture the room I was drawing so vividly — sophist...
Homemade S’mores Marshmallows 30 Jul 2013 | 09:21 pm
$10 late last night for an impulse buy: a cookie-butter waffle purchased from a tiny restaurant on South Boulevard, eaten hastily in Mike’s car (using fingers instead of forks) as we talked about our ...
Easy Taco Grilled Mini Pizzas 24 Jul 2013 | 01:16 am
Mike and I have been doing a lot of talking about married life. How will we manage money? Do we want kids? Who vacuums? Some of the answers are obvious (for instance, he will be folding all of the la...
Strawberry Lemonade Cheesecake Bars with a Shortbread Crust 15 Jul 2013 | 07:45 am
I haven’t met my future 8th grade students yet, but I’m pretty certain they are wonderful. Just a hunch. To prepare for our time together this fall, I’m reviewing their summer reading book, The Advent...
Cherry Lemon Rosemary Shortbread Cookies 7 Jul 2013 | 11:38 pm
Some days you’re a little cranky. It feels like you woke up on the wrong side of the bed. You’re just a little snippier than you’d like. You try to bite your tongue, grab your morning caffeine, and pa...
Refreshing, Tart Lemon Granita with Fresh Berries 4 Jul 2013 | 04:23 am
I must have walked past it a million times, running my fingers along its bright cover, fanning its glossy pages wistfully. I must have asked my parents a million times to look at just one page. They m...
