grand margaritas.

you know you've been drinking a lot of grand margaritas when...


you have empty grand marnier bottles serving as your garden art. here's the TASTY recipe for anyone who hasn't enjoyed one of these yummy concoctions.



they are a nice accessory to our garden sticks.

festive cookies.

yummmm.

menu.

it's here. turkey day 2006.

To all practicing turkey eaters.... cheers!!

turtle.

the lovely combination of pecans, caramel and chocolate is one of my favorites.

tonight, since I can't sleep - I decided to make the ultimate turtle cheesecake. I found this recipe scouring the kraft foods recipe section.

this way, the dessert train coming in from Syracuse doesn't need to make 3 pies for the turkey day festivities.... just 2 (apple & sweet potatoe pls). I'll take care of everyone's sweet chocolate fix.

i heart pirogies.

so we're polish. and polish people love pirogies. who doesn't?!

well, 2 times a year - we gather the fam for a pirogie making event. it's hard work, but tons of fun. we roll, stuff, seal, boil, dry, vacuum pack and label. everyone walks away with lots of pirogies to take home.

we always try new filling concoctions, this time - potato, cheese n bacon were among the new pirogies. my only beef with the day is that the first package I cooked up was mislabeled..... boo.

and, you'll note - my apron got a trial run before turkey day. i love it!

divine.

Yesterday, one of my friends who works @ Kodak took me on a fabulous tour (by car) of San Francisco. We ended the evening having dinner @ the Cheesecake Factory located on the 8th floor of Macy's in Union Square. I had the Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake to end the meal. DELICIOUS!