Recipe: Poached Pears
I made poached pears for the very first time to serve at this year's Christmas brunch. The red color and spiced, mulled-wine "broth" made it…
Yearly Archives: 2012
To Do: DIY Christmas Garland
I love the look of a Christmas garland - but the fresh kind is expensive ($3/foot here in SF) and the faux is a little…
Recipe: Christmas Ham
A giant ham is the traditional centerpiece of our holiday brunch party. This year's was a doozy - 18lbs of boneless "deli" ham from Robert's…
Weekend: Happy Holidays!
Is there anything better than a weekend spent attending and hosting holiday parties with good friends? This was a very festive Christmas weekend. After the…
11 Days to Go!
Yikes! Christmas can be stressful when you're only up to "H" in your card list, 30 people are coming for brunch on Sunday, end-of-the year…
Holiday nuts
I admit that I was a little obsessed with getting a bowl of whole, in-shell nuts for the living room this Christmas. It's not a…
Weekend: It’s Beginning to Look alot Like…
The holiday season officially started for us this weekend. It's a family tradition to have a quiet period between Thanksgiving and Christmas...a nice little lull…
What to Wear: Velvet Pants
I think I've been watching too many British Christmas movies while sick - this outfit has a decidedly UK flair. It all started with the…
To Do: Embroider Kitchen Towels
Hello Oh Happy Day readers! That beeswax candle project is a great one for the holidays and here's another one of my favorites. When I…
Weekends: Rainy
It has been raining for nearly a week here in San Francisco - an unusual streak of bad weather that has the whole city in…