the whole plate.

How beautiful was the weather this weekend?  Fifties and sunny, I wore dresses and light jackets and went sock-free, and it was glorious.

I also repeatedly forgot my camera this weekend, which I suppose goes to show that sometimes, life is meant to be captured more by words than a camera lens.

So, a weekend of pluses [...]

1) Call your parents.  You wouldn’t be here if they had never fallen in love.

2) Eat some chocolate.  Doesn’t matter if you bought it for yourself or received it from a secret admirer; just be sure to partake in the holiday spirit.

3) Indulge your material loves:  There is a ton of kitsch in the stores [...]

I figured there were two themes I could go with for a post today: this past weekend’s big event [the Super Bowl] or the coming weekend’s main event [Valentine's Day].

Being that I’m strictly a baseball girl, it wasn’t a tough decision.  All that the end of football season means to me is that spring training [...]

Since I was a kid, my dad, sister, and I have had a running joke that every year on his birthday, Dad takes a magical pill.  As a result, each year, he miraculously turns the age of twelve.  Never thirteen. Certainly not twenty.

It’s one of our family legends, along with tales like the phone number [...]

You know what may be my favorite part of Saturday mornings?  

Having the time to leisurely drink a second cup of coffee, even after I’ve scraped my oatmeal bowl clean.  Do you have a favorite aspect of the weekend?

This is not a real post, by the way.  But, my lovely friend Danielle is planning a blogger [...]