My friend Melissa comes up with the most creative, inspired ways to celebrate with her family. I love the traditions she creates (like this sweet half-birthday cake!), and the way that she incorporates charity and gratitude and, of course, fun experiences into so many of their family holiday rituals.
It was last year, just after Christmas, that she and I became friends and so it was around that time that I did the typical, new-friend Facebook lurk and discovered her photos from her advent calendar. Rather than placing small gifts into 24 boxes (though that’s always lovely and appreciated as well), she had experiences. I was so impressed and vowed I would ask her to share about it before this year.
I remember, when my parents had a cabin, driving past A-frames like this one and thinking they looked so bizarre and antiquated. I wouldn’t have articulated it so at the time, but I believe the phrase is “retro”?
Funny how appealing this image is to me now! A-frames are awesome!
What are you up to this weekend? Hopefully you have something fun planned! (Like staying in an A-frame in the mountains?)
Here are a few things that have caught my eye lately…
Fragrant, earthy mushrooms, harvested in the fall, are an iconically seasonal flavor for me. Autumn seems like the time when one should be making fresh pasta with chanterelles, hot soup with morels (and cream, and sherry), and looking to the market for foraged oyster mushrooms to pair with thyme and pungent Gruyere.
But, after seeing this pizza on (of all places) the Ikea blog, I’m feeling inspired to break out the pizza stone—as well as some sage and crème frâiche.
