Monthly Archives: December 2009

Black Eyed New Year's Rockin' Peas con Queso

December 31st, 2009

This is a total repost, but I’ve had some requests…so here goes. I wouldn’t say we’re traditional, but we firmly believe that some traditions are sacred. Case in point: the New Year’s peas. So if you cook nothing else this year, you only have a few hours left to cook these. It’s silly simple. The [...]

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The 100 Best Songs of the 00s

December 31st, 2009

Last week, Rolling Stone published its list of the top 100 songs of the decade. And I must say, even though it is the greatest music publication in all the land, I think they’re crazy. If only for their number one pick. And, okay, also for lots of others too. To be fair, this isn’t [...]

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It's The Most Wonderful Week of the Year!

December 29th, 2009

Now that all the Holidaying has been Holidayed, we’re entering into my favorite week of the year. I just love this week. It’s The Container Store of weeks. The week when you’re wrapping up the old and looking forward to the new. With a clean slate. A cleanish slate. And I’m looking straight at my [...]

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Last Minute Christmas Gifts. Hooray!

December 18th, 2009

I have some very creative girlfriends, and every year, I force them to invite me over to Lisa’s house to make Holiday gifts. They usually oblige. Last year, we made homemade vanilla, and this year, we decided on homemade bath salts. Yummy. The whole process was super simple…way simpler than the vanilla actually. (And we [...]

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The 12 Songs of Christmas

December 15th, 2009

I’m in the up-to-my-eyeballs midst of a somewhat tedious project right now, so engaging in procrastination in the guise of motivation, I’m finally letting myself tune in to tunes of yule. And while this duet in this brilliant album will probably always remain my favorite, here are the top 12 seasonal sounds I’m playing on [...]

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Sketchy

December 11th, 2009

I can not stop laughing at this site. If you haven’t checked out Sketchy Santas, go ahead, treat yourself. I’m telling you why.

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Hello, San Francisco! Here I Come!

December 7th, 2009

Remember how I said that I was going to keep it going in December. Well, I so am. Starting today. Right after I board this plane for San Francisco, the Golden Gate City, the Painted Lady City, the Adult Disneyland City. Actually, what is SF’s official name? Le Google didn’t turn up any immediate and [...]

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Christmastime is Here

December 1st, 2009

We celebrated last night by putting up the tree. At one point, Harry said to me, “Mommy, I’m really good at Christmasing.” And I quite agreed. It’s going to be a great month.

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