Hello, friends. If you celebrated Christmas, I hope you had a warm, joyful, peaceful holiday. Today, I thought I'd share with you my haul: the books I received as well as the ones I gave. My brother, whose gifts are always always ALWAYS food-themed, in the best possible way, gave me Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. I'd already found a few of Ottolenghi and Tamimi's recipes … [Read more...]
Fierce girls
A friend recently said that our four-year-old, H, reminds her of a Yoshitomo Nara character. I'd never heard of Nara but googled him and promptly fell in love with his paintings. I also saw the resemblance straight away. At home, H is brave and affectionate, funny and confident. What most visitors and strangers see, however, is this face: (No, she'll never be a Mouseketeer.) But those … [Read more...]