Underdog Holiday Favorite

The festiveness is killing me.

Well hello there. Are you not much of a “baker?” Are you looking for something completely mind-blowingly easy to make for the holidays to share with friends that will astound them with deliciousness? Look no more, for I am about to share with you a classic favorite that has wowed many with whom I’ve shared [...]

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The Lustre of Mid-Day (to Objects Below)

The lean and holy Saint Nicholas (pre fat and jolly Santa).

Happy Feast of St. Nicholas! I don’t know about you but before researching this a little bit, I had never seen a photo of St. Nick before. So here you go. Bam! If you want to read a very in-depth back story, click here where this other blogger has laid it out so nicely for [...]

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Paying Homage to Pretty

Tree_ZoeSays

So even though I usually keep the photo posts over on my photo blog, I wanted to share a little bit over here because that’s how much I love staring at pretty, sparkly, lit up Christmas trees. I think the pagans were right on the mark with this whole tree idea. Even at this very [...]

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Italianness

It's clean when your skin is dried out and your eyes are burning.

I am exactly 50% Italian. My mother’s side bears the Italians while my father’s is a mesh of Europeans, descending from England, France(?), and I believe even Scandinavia (which would explain my fair complexion). Somewhere way back when, Daniel Boone is a relative, though from what I understand, he bore many, many, many children. Any [...]

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B-Y-O-L: A Peccadillo Story

lemon good

I’m about to share both a quirk of mine and an awesome way to enhance what will hopefully be your already-kickass Thanksgiving dinner. Ready? Set. Lemon! No but seriously, that’s it. I don’t even remember how many years ago now I discovered that lemon on top of my Thanksgiving dinner was delicious but it is [...]

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