Deck the halls, now make it disappear

MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, but lately, I get as excited to undecorate after Christmas as I am to decorate right after Thanksgiving. Oh, there have been years where I could barely stand the thought of dragging the "big Santas" up from the storage room, but once I unbox them, I'm always happy I did. And …

More things I didn’t know I needed

IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, you've been laying in bed, night after night, fretting about how to best prep your fresh Brussels sprouts for cooking. Cutting them with a knife is so... hard. So inefficient. So old school. There must be a better way! Well, it's like my friends at Sur La Table were reading my …

A Charlie Brown Christmas

This right here is my favorite thing. I've probably listened to the whole album ten times since Thanksgiving. It would be great holiday jazz even if it didn't make me think of the Christmas special. There are so many good clips from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" but the one I love the most is this: …