by kelerr
“Just give me champagne and good food and I’m in heaven and love.” – Marilyn Monroe Last night, my cousins and I prepared a birthday dinner for my sister. In what we have decided is the new tradition, she chose the menu and we bought and prepared all the food. Our day began early, with a trip to Fairway, and then Katherine and I got to work on the lavish meal. For this evening’s feast we had bacon wrapped scallops, […]
Categories: Eating
by kelerr
This summer, the Royal Shakespeare Company did a six week residency in New York City at the Park Avenue Armory as part of the Lincoln Center Festival. Naturally, being a lover of all things Shakespeare (well, at least the performances; I’ve actually recently discovered I like watching adaptations of Shakespeare much more than I like reading the plays), I had to check it out. I was pleased to see that they were performing Romeo and Juliet, one of my favorites […]
by kelerr
On my way back from Maine a few weeks ago, we stopped to go to the bathroom – at a Barnes & Noble, of all places. I, not actually needing the bathroom, went into the store to stretch my legs and grab some coffee. I swear I was not in the store for ten minutes total (waiting for the others to use the bathroom), but I left with a new book. (I make quick work of Barnes & Noble and […]
Categories: Reading
by kelerr
Last night, my grandparents, cousin, sister and mom came over for dinner. Admittedly, I forgot they were coming, so when my sister reminded me in the middle of the day, I scrambled to get supplies to make an easy dinner. Picking out the main course was easy – sauteed chicken cutlets, steamed spinach with garlic and oil and mushrooms with mustard sauce (to top the chicken with). However, I make it a policy to always have dessert, preferably homemade, whenever […]
Categories: Eating
