I made these last year in preparation for hosting the first Thanksgiving with both of our families. My mom and sister found an amazing deal on flights at the last minute and decided to join the Cunningham clan for Turkey weekend. I think I excitedly crafted these soon after hearing of their impending arrival. Growing up, my mom hosted the main holiday dinners. The food: delicious. The ambiance: fantastic. The table settings: amaze-balls. Her father was an interior designer, and my grandmother had an eye for painstaking perfection, so my mom learned from the best. Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday growing up because it meant having the whole weekend…
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love. one. another
Talk about the ultimate high of watching the Chicago Cubs win their first World Series since 1908- to the ultimate low of “Election 2016.” Whatever your political views- this was an election day/week/month that will go down in history as being one of the most notorious elections of all time. I am not here to write about my own political views, or open up the floor to hear any of yours. There are plenty of social media platforms in which to do so. The bottom line across America this week has been devastation. There has never been so much rage, palpated through computer screens, text messaging, and TV, or…
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believe it
I wanted to write this post during the middle of the post-season playoffs, but I found myself too nervous to jinx the Cubs’ chances of making history! I grew up watching the Cubbies and was lucky enough to make it to a few games at the magical “friendly confines” of Wrigley Field before we moved to Texas in 2001. My grandfather was a huge Cubs fan, and I remember spending hours in front of the TV with my grandpa and my dad, learning all there is to know about baseball. Some people find baseball tiresome to watch, but there was something about the Cubs that kept me, and millions of…
