Comfort Food in the way of tomato soup and grilled cheese How is everyone doing? Are we starting week three? Oh my gosh, how can that be? And even longer for people in some areas. Today I'm joining my dear friends Cindy and Mary Ann and we are all sharing our favorite one-dish recipes. Have you been surviving on comfort food and pantry dinners? Today we made a pot of the best ever tomato soup ...
A visit to Plain Goods in New Preston, CT
Field Trip Update: We visited Plain Goods today, and the store is stocked with more of everything from vintage goods, art, clothing, and shoes, plus lots of beautiful home goods. I uploaded a little video at the bottom of the post. My friend Diane and I went on a little field trip to a lovely shop our friend Karen had shared on Instagram. We knew we were going to love Plain Goods. It's a ...
Buvette + West Village + NYC
I've updated this post with new photos on a recent visit to Buvette: Since we can't go to Buvette right now, I'm cooking from the Buvette cookbook. We made two recipes today using what we had in the house. Homemade potato chips and apple and cheese fricos. Frico means cheese crisps. Buvette's recipe calls for Montasio cheese (or any cow's milk aged cheese). It's so simple, but the result is ...
Make DIY Hand Cream that really works with essential oils
With all the handwashing and hand sanitizing, my hands need some deep relief in the way of some serious hand cream. I made this before (you can read that post here), but this time I used lavender and lemon essential oils. The result a wonderfully smelling, super soft hand cream that I might feel is a bit too greasy during normal times, but these days...it's perfect! [mv_video ...
A little inspiration from Leanne Ford
Leanne Ford Collection for Crate & Barrel Crate & Barrel - Westport, CT Mary Ann checking out the Chloe candle at the Union Square Crate & Barrel Over the last few weeks, I had the opportunity to see the Leanne Ford Collection for Crate & Barrel at both the Union Square store in San Francisco and the store closet to me, Westport, Connecticut. With most stores closing for ...
DIY Hand Soap
Update: Using a foam dispenser top is much better! I refilled all my old empty bottles with foam dispenser tops and then this one from Amazon. Wash your hands! I recently posted a recipe of sorts for a DIY hand sanitizer that I had heard about on news radio based on what a pharmacist in NYC was suggesting. Since then, we have probably all heard that it's best just to wash our hands. A lot. But ...