2008 favs

best bass fishing=plattsburgh, ny

best 1st fishing trip=christian and alex @ the cottage

best drive in=midland drive in

best sushi all you can eat=masion du japan

best book=fruit

best way to work=toronto ferry

best canoe ride=wye marsh

best buildings=chicago

best art gallery=the new AGO and chicago's AIA

best dim sum=paradise (leslie and finch)

best wings=st louis

best musical=jersey boys

best new beach=south rhode island

best lobster=aunt carries
www.auntcarriesri.com

best movie=doubt/mama mia...ms can do no wrong

best commerical=discovery network
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0&feature=related

best sushi=homemade

best coffee=cafe americano @ starbucks

best baseball game=cubs @ wrigley field

best sunset=wymbolwood

best dipping sauce=swiss chalet

best birthday=on the ship going throught the list with hl & jl

best drunk=lb @ the grandview

best road trip=dh in RI & NJ

best revival=tuesday nite movies

best past time=scrapbooking with the ladies

best new addition=front deck at the cottage

best saying=RUDE!

xmas pudding

this time of the year is always so busy
it is nice to have some time off of work
i am not sure if i could do work and xmas
it is all but over now and in reflection i know a few things
one...i am not christian
and for a few years i was so anti-xmas
i guess in some ways i still am
xmas
i feel people lose sight of the reason for the season
but i have also come to realise that this christian holiday holds many happy family traditions
so this year i hosted my family on xmas eve
and i have got to share i even enjoyed it
one of those traditions that i have never let go is the food
and the biggest, grandest and most fav of them all is my fam's xmas pudding
i have included a copy of the recipe scan
it has been handed down and made by many
but the best part of all
the make or break of it is...
the hard sauce
so sweet and out of this world comfort food
email me for details
merry christmas
and
peace and light always

my nana's shortbread

christmas isnt my holiday
while i have always adored the traditions of it
gifts
lights
trees
carols
santa
it isnt mine
i am not christian
but its food that holds me
apundance
traditions
once a year

like the saugae rolls before dinner
the christmas pudding for dessert
and my nana's shortbread
very scottish and very full of butter