todah rabah means thank you very much in hebrew. thanks to everyone who came to the chanukkah party. it was an intimate affair with lots of fried food. gabe & jen saved the day by taking over the oil reins and frying everything to absolute perfection. thanks guys!!! we told the story of chanukkah,...
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ok, i know it’s already the 6th night, but i’m preparing for my chanukkah party tomorrow night….soo much work to do but the menu’s looking like this: latkes (mom’s recipe!) w/applesauce and sour cream sufganiyot (auntie gila’s recipe!) mexican wedding cakes (thanks tracy!) and chocolate latke coconut cookies (via cookingjewish.com) ha! also, lots of...
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just came across this great online store–actually, a self-proclaimed, “series of curated online trunk shows”–called l’aviva. i found it while searching for some images of morocco, and came across these wedding blankets that i totally would have brought back…if i wanted to carry a bunch of giants blankets on my back… besides the moroccan...
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so my mom called me today and told me she saw a GIANT cupcake tin at walgreens and asked me if i needed it (“you throw parties all the time!!!!” she reasoned). i cracked up at the absurdity of the question and the object itself and proceeded to tell lisa about my mom’s thoughtful...
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but didnt cute vintage mikasa brown teacups w/saucers rudimentary adding machine (??) tea kettle clock “zucker” (german for sugar) container leather ice bucket
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back in portland about a year ago, haley, eitan and i were sitting around brainstorming. we started talking about our refrigerators and how we organize them. yes, highly interesting…but actually so! strangely enough, they put the cheese in the compartment in the door that everyone else (or at least i) use for the butter....
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