2012: A Retrospective.

January:

+ wonderful Fitzgerald book club

+ grandfather's funeral

+ new favorite restaurant discoveries

February:

+ museums and markets

+ outdoor citrus

+ long days, little sunshine

March:

+ bff birthdays

+ cozy nights in

April: 

+ cornwall adventures

+ home cooked breakfasts

+ tate curatorial internship and nonstop work

May: 

+ parks and picnics

+ new friends

+ constant baking

June: 

+ shilton adventures

+ cor's graduation

+ the biggest paella in the world

July:

+ the end of an era, leaving violet

+ a french island jaunt

+ a trip to paris

August:

+ spectating at the olympics in london

+ a trip to greece

+ a move back across the atlantic

September:

+ settling into america

+ bridesmaid in a southern wedding

October: 

+ a job in nyc

+ reuniting with a childhood best friend in her new hometown

+ surviving sandy

November: 

+ first thanksgiving home in three years

+ friends come to visit

December:

+ christmas tree buying

+ time spent at home

+ thinking, thinking, thinking

Dusty.

Things have gotten dusty around here. I don't even have any good excuse. I will try harder, but in the meantime here is a mix.

A Return to Thanksgiving.

This is the first year i've been in the with family and in the United States for Thanksgiving in three years. As my favorite holiday of the year, it's been a bit rough having to explain Thanksgiving to people in London, trying to explain the history, trying to explain why you need so many different vegetable sides. But the hardest thing of all was not having my mom by my side to ask advice and have someone else to share the cooking with. This year was a return to the norm, and a return to Thanksgiving with family and friends, and my was it wonderful.