January 2008

Up to this point I have not talked much about the ubiquitous French macaron.  Don’t get me wrong, I love them.  Worship them.  Can’t imagine my life without them. I guess I just hadn’t got around to it yet.  But…

I would like to give a shout out to some new blogging friends that I have made recently.  Whether just starting out or old timers, they are new friends to me and folks that deserve a little love.  (Don’t we…

I have the Winter Blues.  I am a sad sack.  Ho-Hum-Hum-Drum.  It usually happens around this time.  The Holidays are over.  The crappy weather has set in.  No Spring in sight.  The realization that the next Holiday isn’t until Memorial…

Angels, cherubs, putti.  To me they are all the same.  I love them one and all. Standing alone or adorning a larger piece, they always pull at my heartstrings. My spirit renews when my gold Italian putti faces great me…

I know, I was expecting to pull the winner earlier, but we had some cards that were drifting in from far away, so I wanted to give snail mail a chance to get them all here safe and sound.  You…

As we left Lord and Taylor, I glanced behind me to see the Chrysler Building. Then we headed to Bryant Park.  During the Holidays lovely gifts, many handmade, are sold at a European Style Market which surrounds the park.  And…

We went to New York City on Chris’s Birthday.  Even though Christmas was over, the store windows did not disappoint.  We headed on over to Lord and Taylor, and they were still all decked out… They had some window displays…

No, I am not in Paris, but this shot sums up where I would like to be.  But instead, among all the craziness of the Holiday Season, after all the running around the last 2 weeks, we are taking a…