the whole plate.

It’s 9 AM, and I have already done the following:

packed my suitcase, including clothes and seder leftovers
prepared and packed food for the day
showered and made myself presentable
ridden the train to the city
cabbed it to my apartment
unloaded the dishwasher
unpacked my suitcase

And now I am blogging, all before a full day of work.  I am simultaneously [...]

Passover in a nutshell:

thumbs down over matzah; thumbs up over challah.

So, Passover is officially underway.

This morning I enjoyed the third of the three good foods of the holiday [one: charoset; two: my mom's matzah meal strawberry shortcake; three: matzah meal latkes].  Last night, the holiday began as it always does: with a seder, [...]

I hope some of you managed to have weekends that were less cold and rainy than mine!  I am midway through my current visit to suburbia, and I am remembering several things:

I hate driving.
It seems ironic that I get more fresh air in the city than in an area surrounded by green.  My legs are [...]

I think Saturday mornings are one of my favorite parts of the week.  Double cups of coffee, leisurely breakfasts with no necessary end, long periods of pajama lounging – what’s not to love?  

This particular weekend morning is being spent in Connecticut suburbia, where I arrived last night in order to spend Passover with the [...]