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Dining in to Donate for Thanksgiving

JackieforHLIC — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:52:57 -0500

Hi,
My name is Jackie, I am a brand ambassador from Here's Life Inner City (www.hlicnyc.org). From now until November 4th only, HLIC New York is hosting a “Dine In” event (http://bit.ly/JBZaI) to raise enough money to give Boxes of Love to 7,000 families in need. For $36.71 a box of food is delivered to families in need just in time for Thanksgiving. Each Box of Love feeds a family of six and includes a ham or chicken along with vegetables, potatoes, juice, yams, apple or cranberry sauce, bread, fruit, dessert, and more (http://bit.ly/gBu8Q). Thank-you for your blessings!

Warm Wishes,
Jackie (for HLIC NYC)

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I feel the same way. I'd

StephanieSD — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:39:40 -0500

I feel the same way. I'd rather visit my parents during summer vacation than fight holiday travelers and winter in New England.

Whenever my husband I travel together we usually schedule a little time away from each other for our own activities. I like to be on my own, but you're right about eating in nice restaurants alone.

Stephanie SD

I write about life in Africa at Where in the World Am I? and I blog gluten-free at What I Eat

I've never...

lauraaa — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:37:13 -0500

...travelled alone, I mean, except from reach a destination by plane / train to meet people. I'd like to experience such a thing, also for the "need" to be more opened and know more people. Sometimes when you travel in group, you lose opportunity to meet new presons...

well, I will do it for sure, it will be more and more difficult travelling with friends, as working and not being studnets it's not easy to have the same holiday weeks...

Laura

My site on apartments in Paris and more

Fondue

Champagne and Cupcakes — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:03:21 -0600

www.theparishouse.com the paris house designs , by michele

Thanks for a great article on Fondue, it is snowing and cold here in n j , a perfect night for fondue

We do it every year

Boopster — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:26:28 -0600

Ever since I was a little girl,my parents took me to see Santa. It was scary the first time but then he came to grow on mre and I liked the idea of telling him what I would like to get each year. I even made a website just for this reason. You can go and post your photos of your kids sitting on santas lap. http://www.kidsonsantaslap.com/photos

Thrift stores are awesome

TracieB — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:55:37 -0600

My husband and I got a great rug, I got half my winter sweaters, a cool scarf, a couple pairs of pants, a crazy number of books, a lamp, a funky wall hanging for our dining area wall, a really cool guy's hoodie that looks good on me, a flatware set orginally from Kohls, a set of knives, Christmas decorations for our house, an awesome teapot that is really cute, a cover for our daybed in our guest room, a nice sheet set for our bedroom, and various odds and ends from the thrift stores we've visited. It is always fun to look around in that store, and this store not far from home where it's set up like a flea market. They have all sorts of things there. Many times we do find items with tags still attached, and some of the purchases we've made have gone to benefit poor familes and children. One store was raising money for a child who needed a new specially made wheelchair, and it felt good to give toward that. :)

Oh, sorry I missed that!

Kalyn Denny — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:23:06 -0600

That makes the post even more special. How nice to have that recipe to remember her. Your fondue looks just fabulous.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Martha

maki — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:11:43 -0600

Hi Kalyn! Martha was actually my mother-in-law (I know I rather purposefully obscured that in my post about her...), so the fondue is family recipe also, even though I'm not Swiss myself. I'm glad I paid enough attention to record her fondue method before she passed away, and happy I get to share it with the world.

Makiko Itoh (Maki)

Just Hungry, Just Bento, just me

You're welcome!

Kalyn Denny — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:59:31 -0600

Since I wrote that comment above my sister gave me a little tiny crockpot, so now I'm thinking I might try making some myself.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Thank you for the link,

Lynda.Balslev — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:34:19 -0600

Thank you for the link, Kalyn! 'tis the season, most definitely, for cheese fondue.

Lynda at TasteFood

Coping

Marsha Hudnall — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:44:37 -0600

Getting in some physical activity outdoors is a great way for me to deal with the blues, no matter what time of year. And as for the extra pounds, a return to normal eating can take care of those. What happens for many of us, though, is that the constant snacking continues for a while. Takes a little cold turkey.

Try it!

Kalyn Denny — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:51:38 -0600

I'll be driving home on January 31, so who knows what I'll be eating? Mexican sounds good though; love it.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

I've never made it

sassymonkey — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:23:17 -0600

Although I used to own a fondue set. I love it though. We've been debating what to eat for New Year's...I think we've settled on Mexican.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

How cool!

Kalyn Denny — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:16:48 -0600

For traditional recipes like this, I often think old family recipes are the best! Happy New Year to you too!

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Thanks for the link Kalyn! I

Kaliyuga — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:23:16 -0600

Thanks for the link Kalyn! I love Fondue! Actually, this recipe was passed along in my family...

Wishing you all the best for the New Year!

Cheers,

Rosa