Another Family Christmas
Saturday, December 30, we all got up early, as the presents were to be opened at 8 a.m.. Casey had to leave at 10:00, and Joy and I had shopping plans! I put out fruit and breadfast breads, and in … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: December 2006
A Night at the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
Frosty generously bought us all tickets to the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies! This is an unusual show that is a Palm Springs institution for over 15 years and 3300 performances. It is a 3-hour singing, dancing comedy review with the … Continue reading →
A Pleasant Surprise
The phone rang, and it was my good friend, Louise, from the Bay Area. I have not seen her in at least three years, and she was in Palm Desert for a couple of days, on the way to Las … Continue reading →
5 Houseguests
On December 28, a houseful of company arrived: Sorority sisters Connie and Joy, Connie’s dad, Frosty, Connie’s new boyfriend, John came in one car from Fresno. Casey, my 29 year-old Godson, arrived first from Carlsbad. He and I had a … Continue reading →
The Train Cake
In ANOTHER moment of insanity, I bought the train cake pan at Williams-Sonoma. I decided to launch it for my houseguests after Christmas. The recipe is a simple vanilla cake batter, and the pan does the rest. I made the … Continue reading →
Chocolate Ganache Cake
I dislike chocolate. Call me crazy, call me lucky, but I am a caramel or vanilla or lemon girl! However, I do live with a chocoholic, and my friends Joy and Roxanne cannot get through a day without the dark … Continue reading →
Christmas Morning 2006
We were up early, and as excited as children for Christmas morning! After coffee, and some eggnog, in our new pj’s, we were ready to see what Santa had under the tree! Brad had quite a haul of gifts to … Continue reading →
Christmas Eve 2006
True to form, Brad spent a couple hours today wrapping my gifts. I put away dishes from last night’s dinner party, relaxed, made an appetizer to take to Fiona’s, and made a necklace to wear tonight. We even had time … Continue reading →
Another Dinner Party???
Yes, last night we had friends Fiona, Steve, May, Diane and Marti to dinner. We began with appetizers of hot artichoke dip and filo tarts with brie, fig jam and almonds. Our first course was a re-run of freshly made … Continue reading →
An Inspiring Christmas Client
In 2005, I agreed to facilitate two men’s domestic violence groups for Family Services of the Desert. Men are referred by Probation, Parole, or Child Protective Services, because there was a reported incident of domestic violence. Besides jail time, a … Continue reading →