From Amsterdam . . .

 As we drove through the city from Amsterdam Centraal train station (an easy trip from the airport, suggested by the hotel as a cheaper alternative to a taxi) to our hotel in Prinsengracht, the inevitable…

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Healthy Dinner . . . Building Attractive Indeed!

 Not only is he a great cook, but Paul is also keenly supportive of my blogging habit.  I’ve been trying to eat more consciously, more healthily, lately (at least partly inspired by Lisa’s sensible post…

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Wedding plans . . .

As I mentioned last post, my son and daughter-in-law are here for the weekend to talk wedding plans. So that’s been joyous. A few tricky things to iron out, but nothing’s stressful at this stage…

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Past-a perfect. . .

A few months ago, when Hostess was having problems with her attempts at homemade pasta, I commented that my husband, who’s been making it for decades, claimed it simple to make although I’ve never tried…

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Adam Gopnik’s The Table Comes First

What’s today? December 28th? And I’d like to complete my Books Read in 2011 post by this weekend, especially since classes start up again on Tuesday (remorselessly early!) So . . . the book I…

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