I recently bought this Pecan Pumpkin Butter from Williams-Sonoma and made these bars. They are the perfect dessert bar and disappeared right away at work when I brought them in.
I recently bought this Pecan Pumpkin Butter from Williams-Sonoma and made these bars. They are the perfect dessert bar and disappeared right away at work when I brought them in.

Clinton Street Baking Co. in the Lower East Side

Washington Square Park

West Village

dinner at Little Owl

hotdog stand in the Meatpacking District

Standard Biergarten


John and I having drinks at the Other Room

Babbo (where we later had dinner)

Flatiron Building

Newsstand near Central Park

Central Park

Bethesda Fountain


Ten Bells in the Lower East Side
Banana Crumb Muffins from allrecipes. One of the best things i’ve ever eaten. And now I have a fresh batch to enjoy in the morning.

from Pottery Barn
One of my new favorite holiday traditions: ’It’s a Wonderful Life’ at the Music Box Theatre on Southport. Pre-show entertainment (that the crowd got really in to) includes a sing-a-long with Santa.
today while putting off writing a paper, I got to looking at a Word document I created about some of my most “memorable” patients at work. Thought you’d like a few of them…
- after finding a patient naked in hallway he says to me, ”I want to lay on you.” I went on to ask him why that was and he just said, “because you look soft.” (how flattering)
- while fixing a patient’s cardiac lead on her chest she says, ” Hey! You pinched my titty!”
- a patient said to me..”I love you like a cousin, but right now you’re treating me like a nobody!” (after scolding her for pulling out her IV and foley catheter)
- and the same confused, crazy patient said to me..”Get your hands off me they smell like shit.” (because I was cleaning up her poop in her bed). So being the mature nurse I am I couldn’t resist saying back to her (and I knew she wouldn’t remember)… ”That’s because i’m wiping your ass!”
*hopefully you find these stories as entertaining as my friends and family have (and not too gross or offensive)*