Tina and I grew up in upper NW DC; it’s a very nice area of the city with old trees and all-brick homes. When my Penn friends would come down to visit (the inauguration of Reagan comes to mind or the Fourth of July), they never failed to comment on how they couldn’t believe our neighborhood was “part of the city– it looks like the suburbs!” Our neighbors were a mix Continue reading
Category Archives: Friends
Mrs. C’s Leftover Turkey Gumbo – in celebration of Carol
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A laid-back Thanksgiving with Grace
Filed under Baked Goods, Desserts, Family, Food, Friends
A Diabetes-friendly Dinner That Even My Sister Would Approve!
My high school gal pal Jacki is a fellow foodie; she’s one of the moms in the Mommy dinner group on whom I can always rely to try every dish I make– but then she has eaten crickets. Or was it grasshoppers? Continue reading
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Mac ‘n’ Cheese and Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge
Last night Kurt and I went to see the Reduced Shakespeare’s “Ultimate Christmas” show at Reston Community Center with Katherine and Jacki (two of my high school friends and members of the Mommy Dinner Club) and Jacki’s husband John. It was the first time Continue reading
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Moms’ Dinner Night Still Going Strong as We Reach Our First Year!
On the second Saturday of the month, I host a Moms’ Dinner. The event fulfills so many of my passions– entertaining my friends, planning meals and of course, cooking. (I’m not joking about my passion for entertaining; Kurt went along– or maybe I dragged him– with an entire first floor renovation where we switched around rooms so I could bring in Continue reading
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Just for Amy…plus a nod to Minnie!
Today I decided to make a canned-soup-and-mayo recipe just for Amy, since she asked. I’ve known Amy since I was nine– which means for 40 years. She was my first friend when I moved from a private co-ed French school to a private all-girls Catholic school run by an order of sisters. She claims she is a hopeless cook, but Continue reading
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a cougar in the kitchen 