I find it a little hard to get worked up over Valentines Day, coming so quickly on the heels of Christmas. But Anouk really loves it, and is really excited about it, so I am trying. I've been slipping some of these Valentine bears in her snack for the last week or so, and they have been a big hit. It's the easiest...
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio: So this might be the most adorable book ever. Two dog families find out that it's not what looks right that makes a family, but what feels right. We love the little Parisian touches, ooh lala. I'm Not Bobby by Jules Feiffer: Rather than do what his mother tells him, a little boy imagines all the other things he...
One of Anouk's favorite things to do on a weekend day is to go to the Virginia Aquarium in VB (we have definitely gotten our money's worth and then some from our membership). In fact, she loves it so much that James and I thought we would surprise her a few weeks back and drive her down to the North Carolina Aquarium...
While we were in Cheatham Annex with friends over New Year's, we stopped by Williamsburg for an afternoon and ended up having lunch at Peter Chang. I was excited to try it, not only because I'd heard the (authentic Szechuan) cuisine was amazing, but because Peter Chang is one of the most fascinating chefs in the food world. After starting out at the...
January 12 was a gross cold and rainy, the kind of day in which you don't do anything much but still end up feeling very busy? I chalk it up to cleaning up after the holidays, settling back into the school routine, and the fact that January 12 was a Monday, which just generally multiplies the chicken-with-its-head-cut-off feeling. Stop by Darcy and Rebecca's...
The Arts Reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying (genius) and The Miniaturist (eh, but good writing). Seeing Gone, Girl with J. and Kelly. Bruce Munro's Light at the Hermitage Penguins of Madagascar with A. (even though it was the stupidest movie ever, I enjoyed movies with my girl). Food Peter Chang's in Williamsburg. Cathy M.'s shredded chicken tacos. Angela's black-eyed peas with cornbread. ...
Anouk's BFF Miri came over the other day for a morning playdate, and we made cinnamon sugar snowflakes for snack. It's pretty much the easiest, most toddler-friendly baking project ever -- all you need is flour tortillas, melted butter, cinnamon and sugar. After microwaving the tortillas for 10 seconds or so, to make them softer and easier to work with, fold the tortilla...
2014 was a difficult year in places for us. Some really wonderful things happened: Anouk started school and we discovered a great community of new friends, new babies were born, fun times were had, many hours were spent at the beach. But on the other hand, we had a lot of hard stuff, too: home improvements gone wrong and a few health issues...
The grand opening at the brand new Slover Memorial Library in downtown Norfolk was this past weekend. We probably should have waited until the crowds died down a little to check it out, but couldn't resist the chance to participate in all of the opening day festivities so we fought our way in. As I said, the crowds were intense, but we were...
