by kelerr
When I was a kid, my mom used to take my sister and I to Mohonk Mountain House, and we loved it. I’ve always had a love for all things fancy, and a giant old Victorian house that asked you to get dressed up for dinner was right up my alley (it still is)! I have so many childhood memories of being there. I think we went a total of four times, and each time was a little bit different. […]
Categories: Eating, Out and About
by kelerr
I’m celebrating a big birthday today… 40! Hard to believe since it feels like my 30th was yesterday. I had a huge party for it but of course that wasn’t really in the cards for this year. And honestly? I don’t know if it’s what I would’ve wanted anyway. Even pre-a year of quarantine my tolerance for large gatherings was waning and so I decided to just do a series of smaller things (on the actual day, a friend is […]
by kelerr
Today I’m veering off into the land of food again, but this time with a recipe. This is the easiest summer lunch or appetizer there is – though I have made it at any time of year! However, the combination of goat cheese, tomato and basil is perfect for summer evening. I first go this recipe in the Friends cookbook (yes, there was a cookbook from the t.v. show), and over the years it has taken on variations as I’ve […]
Categories: Eating
by kelerr
At the time of this writing, I have been quarantined for FIFTY DAYS. Fifty. Some of the time it feels like yesterday, and other times it feels like a thousand years ago. One of the best things about quarantine is that we’ve been cooking up a storm. Mostly my sister, truth be told although I do cook for myself when I’m home and am not terrible at it. However, I’m more of a baker while my sister’s the cook! I […]
Categories: Eating
by kelerr
I am not a major Easter celebrator, at least not in a religious way. We’ve always gotten together as a family, did the whole Easter egg hunt thing and had a big meal together, but we are not really church-goers. My mom belongs to a couple of churches and we would occasionally attend with her, but this was always with a more spiritual rather than religious attitude. However, I have never had a super special connection to Easter: I didn’t […]
Categories: Eating
by kelerr
I think we can all agree that it pretty much sucks this year to have a March birthday. Mine was three weeks ago, on March 12th, and it was the day everything started to change. Initially I had been excited, because our Parent/Teacher Conferences were cancelled for safety reasons. But that also meant I no longer had to work late on my birthday. However, it was also the day the restrictions began: Broadway shut down as well as tons of […]
Categories: Eating, Out and About
by kelerr
A few weeks ago I got an email that Rose Mansion was returning to New York. My friends and I attended the first round last summer, so it seemed only fitting that we attend again! (It’s also now a tradition, based on the fact that we’ve been two years in a row now… but we’ll see what happens next year!) For those who don’t know about Rose Mansion, it’s basically a rose wine tasting, with fancy and fun photo opportunities. […]
Categories: Cocktails, Out and About
by kelerr
Though my every Friday night run of shows ended a while ago, I still find every excuse I can to get to the theater. Saturday afternoon I attended a matinee of Beetlejuice: The Musical as part of a belated birthday outing from my mom. Overall, Beetlejuice is fun. I didn’t realize going in just how popular the movie actually was amongst its fans. I like it, I used to watch it a lot when I was younger, but I learned […]
Categories: Eating, Out and About, Theater
by kelerr
I swear I don’t go out as much as this recent string of out and about posts would imply. Normally I’m just home binge-watching Netflix and working on sewing projects, but for whatever reason the next couple of weeks are full of shows. Currently, I’m in the middle of a six show Friday night streak, and I’m outlining them all here. This past Friday’s show was Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony-award winning Broadway musical. A co-worker of mine was nice […]
Categories: Costumes, Eating, Out and About, Theater
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