All Entries Tagged With: "Holiday"
Gosh, it’s Monday already?
She’s not cramming… Roxi was not kidding when she said she had a lot to do this weekend. Despite all of her diligent review work last week, she had many, many hours of studying (about 12) and writing (about 6) this weekend. Good thing she had a relaxing outing on Friday with her friends. Today [...]
Holiday baking
Homemade Toffee. Recipe kindly provided by Bee–thank you! As I was making this today, I kept thinking “gosh, this looks familiar”. It wasn’t until I took a bite that I realized we received a delivery of this (made locally in my hometown) every Christmas from one of Mr. DJ’s co-workers. We loved it so much and looked forward [...]
Books make GREAT gifts
Sarah Laurence is hosting a “Blogger Book Boost”! Let’s do our part and help the sagging book sales this holiday season, shall we? Not all of the books on my list are new titles. Instead, my recommendations include a sampling of books on topics that I talk about regularly on this blog. Cooking Cherry Cake and [...]
Monday ramblings
Shopping Well, I did my part to bolster the UK economy today. I went to a neighboring town for a bit of holiday shopping. FOUR HOURS of holiday shopping. And you know what? There were TONS of people out today. On a Monday! I’ve been to this shopping center twice over the last two weekends, [...]
I’m no fashonista, but I’m not convinced this is really a good thing
We saw this window display while shopping in a neighboring town. The ruffles were, uh, impressive in person (click photo to get a closer look). I think you’d have to be a stick to be able to carry this one off. Photo taken with my Blackberry Pearl because that’s all I had!
Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!
Near our flat in Krakow. I’m pretty sure those signs say, “Danger–Holidays Ahead”. I am feeling a bit like sleeping beauty here. Can someone please tell me how it got to be November 21 ALREADY?? The middle and upper school band concert last night was so fun. Thank goodness they didn’t play Christmas carols, as that [...]
Monday morning ramblings
We spent Saturday evening at Roxi’s school enjoying the IB Drama presentation of “Lend Me a Tenor,” a hilarious play by Ken Ludwig. The IB kids were great–very mature. Some of the cast had to sing operatically, some had to put on Italian accents (hilariously well, I might add), and some had to act years [...]
But why POLAND?
That’s the unasked question we saw in people’s eyes when we told them that we would be going to Krakow over the October break. I am sure they were dying to ask, why not Italy? Greece? Spain? Someplace warm? The answer is simply Krakow is just one of those places that my husband really wanted [...]
Paris, France
Well, after looking over my photos from our two-and-a-half day trip to Paris last August, I realized that to overindulge in so much goodness in one sitting would be such a waste. So let us savor Paris the way it should be, leisurely, on European time. Think of this post as an amuse-bouche. This was [...]
The Hague, The Netherlands (from our trip in July)
This is a continuation of the trip we took in July to Brussels/Bruges/The Hague/Paris. I am trying to catch up on my travel posts since we going on holiday next week. So today, it’s The Hague and tomorrow Paris (finally, Lucylucia, right?) The Hague (Den Haag), The Netherlands Counting back, this is the third time we [...]
