Holidays & Traditions

Thanksgiving 2009

In Culture, Family, Holidays & Traditions on 27 November 2009 with no comments

Thanksgiving.
I com­plain every year about Thanksgiving, because I grew up cel­e­brat­ing the hol­i­day with extended fam­ily: sib­lings, aunts, cousins, friends, and tables of food. But ever since I left home, Thanksgiving has just been me and my hus­band, and then as our kids came along, our kids.
That’s just four peo­ple. When you grew up cel­e­brat­ing with […]

Wine: It’s What’s For Dinner

In Family, Holidays & Traditions on 22 November 2009 with no comments

As you can see, my Thanksgiving shop­ping is done. Six bot­tles of wine for two peo­ple. It ought to be a good hol­i­day.
And, okay, yes, that’s a bot­tle of Welch’s Sparkling Grape Juice hid­ing in the back, there. My mom used to buy sparkling juice for me and my brother when we were lit­tle. She […]