We hope we did Papa Mickey proud this year! Happy Chanukah!
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When you live in New York City, even if you are not Jewish, you find yourself joining in with the Chanukah festivities. The rituals of lighting a candle for each of the eight nights and spinning the dreidel for Chanukah gelt are beautiful, and seeing that light in the darkest point of the year satisfies […]
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Books. Books. And more books in our house. We have a nice selection for each season and keep the seasonal books out for the children to grab and explore and ask us to read. Some of our Winter books were not available when I was taking these pictures because they were “occupied”. Some favorites for […]
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When my daughter was a young toddler and we were trying to introduce cow’s milk to her, she rebelled against it for weeks. Mira was an avid nurser, and cow’s milk was, well, just not up to snuff as far as she was concerned. One day, as I was walking with her and sipping an […]
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Our cooking class needed a vegetarian lunch dish to power up before devouring our chocolate salami. When I consulted my friend Roberta, she suggested rice and beans, a staple of the Brazilian diets. How fortunate! It is also a staple of our diet and a favorite of the Yummies. Is there anyone who doesn’t love […]
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