Cherre

Chocolate. Bread. Candy. When I ask people what foods they crave, usually the answer is something along these lines. And I understand! For years I lived with a sugar addiction that kept my spoon going back and forth to the half gallon of ice cream on my lap long after I felt full.  Read more >

I skipped second grade. Actually, I completed first and second grade in the same year so technically I didn’t skip anything. But still, I was suddenly a year younger than my classmates and remember feeling totally weird in my own skin. I don’t know if you can recall those early years but to be in a different classroom with a different teacher felt a million miles away from my first grade class down the hall. I mean, in first grade kids were still eating pencil erasers. Second grade was downright sophisticated!  Read more >

I had an incredibly weird experience yesterday that I want to share as sort of a public service announcement. If you have nutmeg in your pantry, please read on...  Read more >

In the past few weeks I've done embarrassingly little in the way of food preparation. Suffice it to say that I write this post while waiting for our chinese takeout to arrive. The wedding may be over but we're drowning in Crate & Barrel packaging and the back-to-work blues over here!  Read more >

Dr: So, have we talked about you getting a bone density scan? Me: Um, no Dr: Well I think it's a good idea, we should set it up Me: Um, ok Dr: Because with all those premature grays, that can be a sign of osteoporosis. Yikes! Not about the bone scan, but my gray hairs are that noticeable??? Shoot. I had tried hair dye and ended up with a severe allergic reaction, not to mention purple spots all over my bathroom walls from a sloppy home-dye procedure. So that's out. What to do?  Read more >