Beautiful December morning. Also cold AF.

My first attempt at making a simple candy recipe turned out really well 🙂

Darwin had a big day at daycare today. He got to go to a birthday party and he wrote a letter to Santa. 😊

I really did not want to get out of bed this morning. We were too cozy!

Got myself a fresh haircut today

Working his wiles on me

It’s now properly cold. C/F

There are about five minutes a day when the low December sun creates magic in my decorated loft.

With the addition of two more little strings of lights that no one but me will notice, I declare my house fully decorated for Christmas!

My weekend baking project: German pumpernickel rye bread. Started things off yesterday, soaking the rye for 16 hours and this morning I finished the dough and popped it into the oven for it’s 24 hour bake

Changing culinary gears today

Black Friday, blue daddy

The mood at our house today

Happy Thanksgiving!

The pumpkin gooey butter cake is out of the oven, and my house smells amazing

Winter Daddy

Good morning, winter

My tree is done!!

New specs, who dis?

I was trying to decide which look to stick with, when I realized I can switch it back-and-forth this often as I want to!

Made myself a nice little semi-homemade dinner of black beans and rice with turkey andouille sausage served on a bed of fresh baby spinach and arugula with requisite tasty toppings. Not bad for a Monday!

80% finished decorating, and I’m veryhappy with how things are shaping up. All that’s left now is the fun part, putting the ornaments on the tree. 🌲

I had an impossibly delicious cocktail at lunch. Far more like a punch than a bloody Mary.

Had a wonderful lunch with my sister and nephew at the American Swedish Institute before touring the mansion and looking at the Christmas decorations

Seany Claus?

Cooked up a whole bunch of cabbage tonight. Dinner for the rest of the week unless I decide to freeze half of it. Turned out so tasty!

“Wait, is this always here??”

100% loving my new Christmas tree. The first one I’ve ever had with an app that controls all the light options. 😂

New hoodie, who dis?

Light show!

Captured a nice sunrise after dropping Darwin at daycare

Darwin and I have the same level of enthusiasm for Monday

I just put these up in my bathroom 💜

All cozy on our first real winter morning

I woke to checkerboard snow

Just watched the amazing new “Frankenstein” on Netflix. I kept thinking that Barron Frankenstein reminded me of Prince, and then my sister sent me an interview of Oscar Isaac in which he said he modeled his attitude and strut on Prince. So I’m not just seeing things, at least not this time! 😂

Darwin came home from daycare with a little art project! I suspect someone helped him sign his name.

I had a great day with my bestie, Susan at the Purple Rain musical

Darwin loves his Uncle Ben

Serving “cute mall dad”

Got up to go to the bathroom at 3 AM and yada yada yada, I have a new Christmas tree being delivered today. 🌲 🎅

Sammy is in his K-pop Demon Hunter Halloween glory!

Today’s look is middle-aged Princeton boy

Happy Halloween!! 🎃

Spooky nephew

Darwin was extravagantly tired last night. It looks like he fell to the couch from a great height. 😂

Making a nice big batch of croutons

Cozy night

Just because, I made my family a wonderful Moroccan lamb lunch.