My family is trying something new and remixing our family tradition. This holiday season no gifts will be exchanged, instead we are volunteering on Christmas Day and donating the money we would have spent on gifts to a charity of our family’s choice. If you are looking to do the same, here is a sampling […]
And today’s cup of coffee picture comes from my recent trip to New Orleans where I spent Thanksgiving with my family, who I do not get to see nearly enough. No trip to New Orleans is complete without a Cafe Au Lait and an order of beignets, piled high with powered sugar. While you can […]
Now in its ninth year, the Hill School Information Night is scheduled for this coming Wednesday, December 1 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Eastern Market North Hall. Produced by Moms on the Hill (MoTH), the evening is set up for casual information gathering from Hill and area schools, daycares, child care centers, playgroups, […]
Yawn. Blink. Sigh. Ugh. There is something so wonderful and completely hideous about my favorite Holiday… A day meant for feasting with loved ones and acknowledging our blessings, what’s not to like? But it has become a day of bizarre gluttony (sorry turducken fans but I’m looking at you) with a shifting focus that has begun to imply […]
In searching for something completely different, I came upon a picture of the Speaker of the House protecting their head from being pelted by something. No, it isn’t Steny Hoyer, and the projectiles aren’t tea-party brick-bats, but rather Representative Pat Boland of Pennsylvania, and he is protecting himself from large hailstones. This bizarre and – […]