Tag Archives: family

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 [...]

Pick your own

The Travel Bug that bit me this summer was a big son of a bitch. Not your average, everyday, “I should sign up for the Travelzoo top 20 discounts email” variety. It was a Superbug from the same lab that developed deer ticks, killer bees, and blue/red spiders whose bites turn nerdy New Yorkers [...]

Coffee Coma?

One too many cups of Graham Cracker Coffee before heading back to the city.
Head and the Big Brain stored inside still severely dehydrated.
Complete blog entry filled with humor, love, context and acceptable grammar… impossible.
This is all I’ve got…
…Intense game of Trivial Pursuit with a favorite local family upstate. “Oh my God, if we’re playing the [...]

Tom Yung Goong for the soul

Being home sick ain’t what it used to be.
But let’s face it …what it used to be sucked, too.
Remember pleading your case to Mom in that crucial half-hour window, before you had to get your uniform on to make it to the bus stop in time? And let’s say she bought it this time. [...]

Upstate

For those of you who don’t live in New York City, let me make one thing clear; you don’t live in New York City. You live with New York City. It’s like the most f’d up, co-dependent relationship ever. You’re madly in love with its amazing food, crazy cultural offerings, and the [...]