Category Archives: family

Appalachian People

I’m currently upstate biding my time rent-free before I take off for New Zealand. That means picking up skim milk at Shop-rite for your sister, running into old teachers you haven’t seen since 4th grade, and exchanging things…always with the exchanging things. Why is it that when you go home you have to run to [...]

Spring has Sprung

First day of spring.
70 degree high.
Not even one inch of snow.
See ya’ Upstate.

Meet me at the bocce courts at the winery. My brother and sister will be there, along with my Brooklyn friend Kim to get her first taste of Upstate.

You don’t have to play if you don’t want to. We hang out here [...]

Cash for Cookies

I am back in Queens now drinking a smoothie filled with protein, anti-oxidants, and omega fatty-3 acids…but no cookies. Nope, no cookies in my health drink…or alcohol, or baked brie, or stuffed mushrooms. I’m getting a jump on my New Year’s resolutions in an effort to undo the delicious damage inflicted on my [...]

Black Friday

Roasted turkey.
Deep fried turkey. (No, we did not burn the house down)
Stuffing, or dressing since it wasn’t in the bird
Cornbread stuffing, or cornbread dressing since it wasn’t in the bird
Mashed potatoes
Smashed potatoes
Biscuits that were ACCIDENTALLY made with whole wheat flour. (”Yeah, I know they look brown but it’s white flour, I swear.”)
Corn pudding
and [...]

Go Daddy-o!

Start the weekend off right with a little jazz from my Dad. For those of you who have been reading my blog since the beginning, you’ll remember that this is what I woke up to every…single…morning. I kinda have to admit now, there are worse ways to wake up.
A little bonus commentary; if [...]