Have you been knitting (more on that below), or getting ready for Thanksgiving? Or wondering how the heck you’ll do it, with babies and toddlers and, well, babies? I’m re-upping my comprehensive guide, No, Really, THIS is How You Get Ready for Thanksgiving. I’m giving you ample time to buy dress shoes, strategize about your monkeys helpers,… Read More »
My *unofficial* Belmont Stakes cocktail: Rhubarb Shrub. And the winner of the giveaway!
{Congratulations to Robyn! An email is on its way to you. Everyone else, remember that you get a 20% discount on a similar Little Oratory book bag from Wanda, and 15% off everything else in her store!} Dear readers, today is the historic and epic day that we (meaning Rosie) put menu tabs in our… Read More »
{pretty, happy, funny, real}
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! {First, some notes on things!} That’s going to be a new category. {FSNOT, P, H, F, R} Just kidding. Maybe not. Today is the last day of the giveaway for a bag that is designed just for us in… Read More »
Easter in D.C. (It’s still Easter!)
(The other day at Mass for the (transferred) feast of the Annunciation, our priest pointed out that, if it seems like the Church is always partying, it’s because we are. Don’t forget–Easter lasts 50 days! Longer than Lent!) Homemade ba’lawa. (Egyptian version of baklava) I was thinking, as Lent ended, about how poorly I had… Read More »
Decorating for a baby shower
There are lots of new babies arriving (or about to arrive) around here, and I got to host two baby showers recently for two of my good friends. The more recent one I actually co-hosted with several lovely ladies, which meant that each of us was actually only responsible for a few elements of the… Read More »