It came without ribbons! It came without tags!

Primarily because husband prefers other gift wrap media:  aluminum foil and paper sacks.  But mostly aluminum foil, which he insists serves the additional purpose of shielding our brains from alien invaders.  He’s no Grinch, that husband.  I wanted to share a couple of particularly delectable aluminum-wrapped items he handed me on Christmas morning.  Firstly:

These are [...]

Nutcracker Tea 2008: A Photo Essay

Hot Chocolate Morning

Petit Fours and Crystal

Kingdom of Sweets

Sets of Sisters

Ballet II Sister and Brother

A Pair of Princesses

Ballet I & Company

Ballet II, et al.

Tea Party Magic

Captivated by Mr. Balanchine and the artists of New York City Ballet

Until next year, Herr Drosselmeier….

When You Need a Little Levity…

…look no further than Rowan Atkinson. This is part of one of my favorite “Mr. Bean” sketches. It also gives new meaning to multi-tasking, and illustrates at least a little how life feels at the moment, what with end-of-semester work at KBS, getting my ninth-grader ready for boarding school, and Christmas, [...]