I love picking fresh berries in the summer so when I stopped by Tangerini’s farm in Millis, MA this weekend, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had red ripe raspberries ready to pick and big blueberries too! Picking raspberries is somewhat nostalgic for me as we had raspberry bushes in my yard growing […]

Every summer we make a point to take a bike ride on the East Bay Bike Path in Providence all the way to Bristol, Rhode Island.  It’s a good trek and full of beautiful scenery; in fact, I think it’s one of the most beautiful bike path’s in the area. We opt to rent bikes […]

We headed to NYC this weekend to help my daughter, Chelsea with an upcoming move from the financial district to the Upper West Side.  It was my birthday weekend, so being in NYC was a bonus.  Friday, we walked down Wall Street toward the Seaport.   The New York Stock Exchange is always cool to […]

It’s a big job to be a Dad, and I am grateful that my husband Russ does a really great job at it. Russ has taught my kids many things simply by being himself and leading by example.  Russ says “just do the right thing.”  And even though “doing the right thing” isn’t sometimes what […]

For the second year in a row, some of Medway, Massachusetts’  lucky fourth grade students were fortunate to participate in a special community learning project which involved harvesting plots of land at the beautiful Medway Community Farm and growing their very own produce. The 4 fabulous teacher’s from the Memorial School involved in this learning […]

  We arrived in Lake Placid, NY home of the ’32 and ’80 Olympics on Saturday, a day before our half marathon as part of Team in Training with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Russ and I have been training and fundraising for this run for months now and we are as ready as we’ll […]

I love carrot cake.  In fact, my wedding cake was carrot cake. I made it myself and hand grated about a million carrots to make it, but it tasted great.  I frosted it with Bailey’s Irish Cream Frosting which was ridiculously amazing.  Recipe here!  Delicious. But I can’t be making carrot cakes for breakfast, so […]

I tried this strawberry salsa at a family gathering and I was immediately hooked.  It is so…..tasty.  June is strawberry picking time in New England and there is nothing quite as sweet as a vine-ripened berries.  Start with some grape tomatoes and fresh strawberries. Since I haven’t hit the fields yet for berry picking, I […]

Give me anything with chocolate and nuts and I am in heaven. So when we didn’t have anything nutty and chocolate in the house I decided to make a small batch of peanut butter squares. I created a healthier version, of course, made with whole grain graham crackers and healthy peanut butter.   First start […]