I make no secret of my love for French & Saunders nor my love of Madonna. Can you imagine their great humor combined with the timeless musical talent of the […]

I cannot believe that it has been almost two years since I have been in my beloved city of Paris. Time has gone so quickly since I graduated from Le […]

Well, here it is, the blog post you have waited and waited and waited for with bated breath. I have never really understood that phrase, nor have I ever taken […]

When I started writing my “Favorite Good Things” blog, I intended to finish it up rather quickly, but lately I have been too busy rolling croissants, nursing a sore back, […]

Oprah has her “Favorite Things” and Martha has her “Good Things” and I’m basically their lovechild, so I thought I had better make a list of my “Favorite Good Things.” […]

I wasn’t at all amused when my alarm clock went off this morning (I set one myself!), not because I was getting up a bit early, but because it was […]

Today was Ma’s birthday. (For the life of me, I never know how old she is. I’m terrible with people’s ages in general — I just judge them by the […]

The Farmers Market in Des Moines is a behemoth of a thing and always sounds fun until you arrive. You get up too early in the morning, you jostle into […]

When I woke in the morning, I was giddy and eager to be away from Disney and off to the beach, where I truly belong. In my studies, I have […]

I woke up at a time that I felt was appropriate, but Jessica and Pa were impatient, so about ten minutes after I walked into the kitchen, they walked out […]