I think this will have to be my last post for 2008. At four p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Wolf will finally return from two and a half months in Beijing. Given the long days and work weeks he had while filming, I think it will be at least a week before he is somewhat conscious [...]

I’m not sure what will. I saw this video on the front page of New York Times today. Proof that when kids have the encouragement and the support they need, they can do just about anything they want. I fell in love with the kids, but I was mostly impressed with the coach.
Have a great [...]

Earlier this week I mentioned a tiny baking tutorial was in the works, and here it is. It’s more an assembly of tips for those of you brave enough (or crazy enough, depending on your perspective) to bake and decorate cookies this month for the holidays. As you know from reading my bio, I’ve been [...]

It’s that time of the year. When we - actually, just me whether Wolf is around or not - crank out cookies. The “we” part of this arrangement is during the packaging and shipping. Last week, as I was stocking up on ingredients, I started to feel this angst, like, what am I doing? Why [...]

Wolf is still in China shooting a feature film called “Gasp.” If you have seen any Zhang Yimou films, you probably noticed the very talented actor Ge You in a few of them (”To Live,” for example). He’s in this film. So is American actor John Savage.
Honestly, I’m not so concerned with who’s in the [...]

I’ve been accused of skipping over important details every now and then. I thought when I mentioned my Etsy store recently that the link to the store was in my sidebar and working, so when people asked me where the link was, I was a tad confused. But look, it’s back up! Look, to the [...]

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A few weeks ago, Lily posted a photo of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a vintage store on Long Island. Of course my eye went straight to the monkeys hanging off of the rack. When my funky gel past colors arrived Friday, I knew I was going to try the blue. But I [...]

Last Friday I received a little box from one of my favorite suppliers, Sugarcraft, a candy, cake and cookies supplier based in Hamilton, Ohio. If Sugarcraft doesn’t have what I’m looking for, it probably doesn’t exist. I taught myself how to make hand-cut stencils for my cookies because I didn’t like the ones they had. [...]

It’s the way you carry it. ~Lena Horne.
Well, if anyone knows, I mean really knows the meaning of that, it’s Lena Horne. Please don’t tell me you don’t know who Lena Horne is. I might just punch you in the eye. (And then feel really badly that I gave you shiner).
I made a similar bag [...]