Category: Birthdays

  • Jordan is 5

    Jordan is 5

  • Luke is 10

    Luke is 10

    Ten years old!

  • Kate is 8

    Kate is 8

    My sweet girl is 8!

  • Jordan is 4

    Jordan is 4

    The last year of this precious boy.

  • Emma is 5

    Emma is 5

    This Labor Day weekend, we celebrate our little Labor Day arrival, Emma! My on-time twin (came on her due date, Labor Day) which was both ironic and wonderful all at once. I cannot believe you, my love, are already 5! Emma is a loving, charming, adorable little lady with big puppy dog eyes when she…

  • James Birthday

    James Birthday

    This year, James birthday was a sweet regular Thursday surrounded with some of his favorite fans (his students), notes and trinkets from family friends near and far, a homemade cake with the kids at home (we didn’t even cut it, hehe), and the perfect gift (imho) for someone entering their older 30’s – a massage…

  • Luke is 8

    Luke is 8

    As I sit here listening to Toto and thinking about my 8-year-old big kid (you, Luke!), I can’t help but smile. Luke has been our buddy through all of life’s experiences for the last 8 years. Luke has so much spunk, kindness, thoughtfulness, rampant energy, hunger (proverbially and physically), and true tenacity, all wrapped up…

  • Kate is 3!

  • Twenty-five on the day of the 2012 election

    one score and five years ago, i was born. and since i shared my birthday with the election this year, there was obviously a presidential spin to everything. you know, like people voting me for president. i even wore blue and red to work. how neutral of me. it was a wonderful day. james brought…

  • Fifteen plates, five birthdays, one family party

    this weekend, we headed up north to redwood city to celebrate our family’s summer birthdays, there were five of them! kebabs, quinoa salad, fruit salad, lemon/rosemary/thyme baguette.. mmm. as if my family was not foodie enough, my cousin jessica began working at bi-rite market in the city and we had some exceptionally delicious and fresh food! i…

  • James birthday! (part two)

    on saturday, we gathered with a few friends to celebrate james on the day of his birthday! we swam, ate cake (a lot of it!), devoured an amazing rigatoni (with buffalo meat sauce) and laughed quite a bit.. stories about james usually involve a lot of laughs! it was an absolutely beautiful day to boot! one of…

  • James birthday

    my husband is a quarter of a century plus two on saturday! lovah, you are an honorable, kind, courageous, intelligent and hilarious man! HAPPY 27TH birthday JAMES! if it could make this text larger..i would! and now.. some fun things about this handsome man! 1. he was voted best smile in high school 2. he has a…

  • For my mama

      that’s my mom on the left, circa when she was about five years old 🙂 Happy Birthday to my lovely mama, Bette.  Oh motha, you inspire me. I just want to say thank you to you… For always laughing at my jokes (always). For answering my phone calls (ALL of them no matter what…

  • Dinner along the silk road

    This weekend, my family celebrated my Birthday with me at Laili’s for a swanky, downtown dinner (featured in the NY Times no less)! We nibbled on Naan, gnawshed on our kebabs, and drooled over our to-die-for desserts- it was a super hit. I had Anar chicken with pomegranate marinade (and seeds!) and heirloom tomato salad,…

  • The big TWO-FOUR

    Thank you mama for yesterday, because yesterday is the anniversary of the day that you were basically wonder woman and introduced me to the world. So I raise a toast to my mama, cause yesterday was my birthday (I’m the big two-four, but sometimes act like the little two-plus-four…but only sometimes)! I was greeted in…