WRITTEN ON Thursday, June 20th, 2013 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking, Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert
ShareOver the past month, my son has started saying a few select words. When he started this process, I had high hopes. “Mama” couldn’t be too far off, right? Not so much. Until very recently, my darling boy said one word and one word only. He used it correctly every time, and he used it about […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, May 13th, 2012 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking
ShareAs most of you have probably figured out by now, I had my baby. A month early, in the dark of a February night. At the risk of sounding like a complete cliché, it has been the most incredible experience of my life. I don’t imagine anything will ever eclipse the combined joy of giving […]
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, August 20th, 2011 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Fruit
ShareI am headed to the east end of Long Island for one last summer trip. I have spent a decade of summers in Westhampton Beach, the first town in the Hamptons (and so un-Hampton-y that they actually don’t even list it on the map in most Hamptons publications). This year, hubby and I decided we’d […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, August 12th, 2011 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking, Dessert, Fruit
ShareI’ve just returned from a week in Rockport, Massachusetts, a little town on the edge of Cape Ann, about 45 minutes north of Boston. I’ve written about Rockport before, on several occasions. And for good reason. I’ve spent every summer of my life in Rockport, in a house on a hill that was first purchased […]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, November 25th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking, Dessert, Holiday
ShareI actually started to well up a bit as I typed out the title of this post. I know some recent admissions of mine may make it seem as though I’m in a constant struggle. And I fear some of my more fertility based rants may have been misconstrued, or perhaps poorly communicated. There are […]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, October 28th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Fruit, Holiday, Italian
ShareI always loved Halloween as a kid. It was the highlight of the fall. And I don’t even like candy. I had the kind of mom who’d make my costumes herself. There were never any store bought mermaid or Miss America costume-in-a-bag outfits in our house. I think the best costume I ever had was […]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking, Breakfast, Nuts, Vegetarian
ShareYesterday I had a procedure at the hospital that was perhaps the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced. But don’t worry, I lived to tell the tale. I know you can’t wait to hear it. I went in for something called a hysterogram, more commonly known as an HSG. The doctor uses a catheter, contrast, […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, August 27th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Appetizer, Baking, Dinner, No really, what IS for lunch?, Side Dish, Tomatoes, Vegetarian
ShareThis morning started out like any other morning. Several “snooze” sessions, my best Oscar the Grouch impersonation, and a large cup of coffee. Until I looked out the window. After several days of much needed, heavy rain, the skies over Long Island dawned clear, cool, and heart-breakingly blue. The perfect day to be out in […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, July 9th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking, Vegetarian, Zucchini
ShareIt must be a slow news week. All anyone can talk about is LeBron James (am I the only person on the planet who could give a rats you-know-what where that guy ends up?). Well, LeBron and the heat wave, that is. Here in the Northeast, temps have soared over the 100 degree mark more […]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Baking, Chocolate, Cookies
ShareLast night I went to a very special event here in the Big Apple. It was the annual alumnae cocktail reception for my K-12, all girls, home away from home school. Every year the headmistress and the ladies from alumnae relations and development make the trek up to NYC to check in on the alum’s […]