Chanukkah is well underway, and last night, I finally got to celebrating with a plate of latkes. My sister visited our mom last weekend, and it had been promised that leftover latkes would be brought back to the city for me. Sadly, that didn’t happen [she did come home bearing a two-pound bag of oats [...]
I know everyone is getting into the holiday spirit this time of year, but I’ve never been one who becomes attached to celebrating the season. Partially, this is due to not celebrating Christmas – and though everyone seems to think Chanukkah is an equal replacement, it’s actually a pretty minor holiday. Though we used to [...]