mini meyer lemon cannoli cream tartlets

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You guysssszsszzz! Mother’s Day is this weekend!! Somehow that means it’s FREAKING MAY ALREADY. Yikes. And new this year: I totally get to participate in MoDay stuffies as a momma. Yikes Part 2. Or maybe Yay Part 1? Because crudsmugglers, this whole parenting thing is spectacularly spectacular in the full-blown, John Leguizamo-as-The-Magical-Sittar kind of way. It’s at once beautiful and terrifying and easier and harder than I ever imagined and the last two weeks have passed in what I can only describe as a state of quasi-hypnosis. I’ve never been more fixated on another living thing. I’ve never been more fixated on … Read More

Q Squared NYC “Luv Yo Momma” MoDay GIVEAWAY

UPDATE: This contest is now closed. Thanks to all who entered! ANOTHER giveaway?! I know right. It’s been a real party around here, and we’re just gonna keep right on boogying. Don’t touch that dial. So, remember when I first mentioned those pretty ladies at Q Squared NYC and all their fun, artsy-meets-modern-meets-vintage-eclectic-meets-eyelet-dresses-and-Hamptons-garden-parties dinnerware? WELL. They like you guys so much, they want to give one lucky little pig a 4-piece “Breakfast in Bed” set (retail value $75) featuring pieces from the Peony and Madison Bloom collections — for freeeeleeeleeeleeeleeleeeeleeeleeleeeleee. Oh sorry, that’s just FREE in Xena warrior cry. No big. Can we … Read More

Mother’s Day Roundup: Brunch-Worthy Bomb-Noms

Yesterday was one of the downest days I’ve experienced in a while. One of those days that makes you crave the comfort of things like good girlfriends and sushi. And frozen yogurt. And beer. At one point I think I literally uttered the phrase “I want my mommy.” Fortunately, with this weekend being Mother’s Day, I can look forward to plenty of QT with both mommy and mommy-in-law, and I can already tell it promises to be just what the doctor ordered. Of course, a swimming pool of ramen and a hammock of Vic’s cappuccino chip ice cream couldn’t hurt … Read More