Baking should not make you want to throw something but that is what happened when I purchased my first cookie press last week. My mom has made buttery spritz cookies at Christmas every year of my life. I figured at forty-two years old I could make a spritz butter cookie. These Scandinavian holiday favorites looked …
I probably love the holidays way too much. I admit it. Have you seen that meme saying whoever is playing Christmas music in October, you are the reason we got snow in November? Well, I’m not saying that it was my fault we got six inches of snow the first week in November but I’m …
If the holidays don’t lead you to drink a giant goblet of Chai sangria then you are not doing them right! Or you didn’t invite my brother to a Thanksgiving social. Relax, he’s an artist. He can pull off all that millennial crap and or tactless social faux pas at almost forty years old. In …
Here in our mountain town of Big Bear Lake, the autumn colors are finally changing and everything is a rainbow of yellow, oranges and reds. It’s one of my favorite times of year to be out on the trails with my favorite trail pup and hiking companion. Now that the weather actually feels like fall …
I’ve spent a night or two sleeping on the floor of an international airport (Oh and it was New Years Eve too! Fun story!) Getting stranded away from home during the holidays or any time of year if you find yourself sleeping on an airplane or at an airport life can be uncomfortable and stressful. …