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Author Archives: arlusk
Holly Jolly Christmas
Happy holiday cookies from my pal Aimee Peterson There are some things that make me feel unabashedly Christmas-y and the brilliant reds of the season are one of them. Luckily, these cookies from my friend Aimee get most of their … Continue reading
Dinner guests
Last night I had a beautiful dinner with my pal Nikki Rappaport on ScoutMob’s dime. ScoutMob asked a question: if it could be anyone, living or dead, who would you bring to dinner? The winning reply got dinner with food … Continue reading
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Step 1: Open the box
This year, I’m doing this season differently. No presents, a limited holiday card list*. Making an effort to focus on gratitude and experience. What can I learn, what can I give to others before the end of this calendar year? … Continue reading
It Takes a Community
Six months out. In any other universe–like waiting for graduation, or college to start, or a soldier to come home–six months can seem like an eternity. However, in wedding time six months is merely the indication that your hair is … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Zarconi Photography, Cupcakes for Breakfast, Fresh Start Catering, Hey Love Designs
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Let’s Make a Deal
When I have time to write, I find that I am often writing about food. I love to eat and I especially love when the food is so tasty in the absolute sense that I am already mentally writing my … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams Morgan, Brunch, Cashion's Eat Place, Coupons, DC, Restaurants
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A Place at the Table
This Thanksgiving I want to make something that is equal to the amount of work the rest of my family members put into holiday food preparation. As I mentioned last year, being a vegetarian is complicated around the holidays. Not … Continue reading
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Tunes
David Allen is in charge of the music. And you should be glad about this. His musicality is diverse and eclectic while mine primarily hovers somewhere between a 50-year old theater professor and a thirteen year old pop goddess. His … Continue reading
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Historic Wedding Traditions
My guess is that the majority of today’s brides and grooms have no appreciation for the historic context of their own wedding traditions. Why do women wear a veil? What’s the purpose of the garter? Who decided newly wed couples … Continue reading
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Happy Labor Day
Good Reads Extending the range of a food lover and a marriage from the Washington Post Write a letter to your future at Futureme.org via Washington Post Just My Type via NPR
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27 years
Sometime around the age of ten or eleven, I started to think about how my dad’s eyesight must affect his memory of the things he will not see clearly again. While we assume that we will just look more closely … Continue reading
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