It’s wedding season, graduation time, the end of the school year and almost Father’s Day…need some gift ideas? Here are fifteen that are sure to please the happy couple, graduate, teacher and dad. 1. Chateau For iPhone 4 $34.99 2. I’d rather be in Paris pillowcase set $39.98 3. Eric Javits Go Go wristlet $290.00 4. …
The Summer of Spritzers
Summer in Texas is crazy hot! I know exactly what I want to cool myself down…a refreshing spritzer. A spritzer is like iced sunshine in a wine glass. Spritzer is German for spray/squirt/sprinkle/splash…all verbs that go beautifully with summer. Wine spritzers are light, refreshing, and invigorating on hot Texas summer days. They provide just the …
Jennifer Reese’s: Make the Bread, Buy the Butter
I always look forward to the companionship of my book club friends to eat, drink and be merry while discussing our latest read. My friend Leslee suggested the most recent literary effort, Make the Bread, Buy the Butter and it seemed to be perfect for our book club (The Julia Child Book Club). …
Homemade yogurt: bring on the pleasure
Yogurt is the perfect food to have at any time of the day. It is not only delicious but yogurt helps to make people of all ages strong and healthy. I enjoy using yogurt in multiple ways…in smoothies, in children’s lunches, in crepes, for dips, snacking… Eating yogurt is so good for you. Yogurt …
I Had a Favorite Dress: dear mama can make it work
Growing up I thought my mother was magical because she could sew. I remember her sewing me a red dress with red roses in the first grade. She seemed to make it overnight…in fact, I think she did! It was my favorite dress when I was six. When my friend Margot was four, she remembers …
The Avant-Garde Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini walked into the Nasher Salon gliding with the grace of a ballerina and the confidence of a true Italian-American icon. She speaks with the same loveliness, her beautiful accent (being fluent in Italian and French). The writer, model, actress, film-maker, mother, twin, and philanthropist graced Dallas last week to speak at the …
You’ve got snail mail: postcards from Italy!
Scrolling through my twitter feed one afternoon I saw something that grabbed my attention from Jessica Lynn Writes, “POSTCARD SWAP!” I signed up and impatiently waited…and waited for my snail mail to arrive. I swapped postcards with Allison who is an American military blogger currently living in Naples, Italy. A few weeks went by …
Dance Planet, Do it!
My friend Sharon knows how to do the seventies disco dance “the hustle.” This week at work I would sing to her, “Do it! Do the Hustle!” Sharon would stop what she was doing (teaching kids) and “Do it! Do the Hustle!” Ahh, the power disco dance has to make us happy! This past Saturday …
Get lost with your family in Lost Pines, Texas
It’s the middle of the night when I make my list in my head of what I packed and what I need to pack for our spring break road trip. That never ending list that mothers do to make sure their children are protected, safe and entertained…cough syrup (check), sunscreen (check), Cars DVD (check). …
Blue Bell, the best ice cream in the country
When I was little and my family would sit around the table at dinner time, my dad would have us all engaged in a competition for ice cream dessert. Although everyone always got ice cream, we competed fiercely for Dad’s approving nod as to which of us came closest to matching the pitch, tone and …
The Art of the Bath
DEGAS, Woman at her Bath, 1886 Taking a bath can be prepared as an art form. There’s nothing more soothing than slipping into a bath of soft white bubbles that make you feel like you’re floating on top of a cloud. One of life’s most superb pleasures is indulging in a warm bath filled …
Putting on the FEED bag
Particularly if you grew up around horses, you may have heard the expression “putting on the feed bag.” It’s a colloquialism that is normally used to describe the self indulgence associated with overeating. I have learned of entirely different use for a feed bag… My friend Jen doesn’t know it yet, but I’ve already bought …