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My “Machatenista” described it as Coronavirus Kashrut, and she’s right. Without any consistent set of guidelines to follow, every individual has to come up with their own set of protocols that they feel comfortable with. For some, the recommendations that do exist are more easily bent, for me it’s a struggle. The conversations in my […]
The purpose of the trip was the wedding of close family friends, the destination Mexico City. Never having ventured farther into Mexico than Ensenada, and because of assumptions based mainly on movies and media, we were somewhat apprehensive. To our great surprise the trip could not have been more wonderful. The city is draped in […]
It was a combination of my 60th birthday celebration and a trip down memory lane. We chose to have a family vacation in Palm Springs, the place we travelled to six weekends a year, for a period of 20 years, visiting my in-laws, snowbirds who came from Toronto to soak up the sunshine and be […]
Superstition comes to me easily. I can’t take all the credit, some of it was passed down by my Eastern European Mom who would be very proud of how successful she was in training me to look for “signs” everywhere, both good and bad. Unfortunately there were a few minor glitches that happened to me […]
My daughter Shira and one of her oldest and closest friends Alex, have been traveling through Morocco for the past two weeks. Shira has sent detailed e-mails about their adventures, and this one was perfect to share just before Shabbat. As we begin planning our Rosh Hashana menus, I love the idea of having something […]
Norm said that the freezer is full, no room to fit another thing. We are one week away, my Chanukah shopping is finished, the gifts are wrapped, the menus planned for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night. All that’s left is the turkey, the sides and two more desserts, a chocolate ginger cake and pumpkin chocolate […]
The trip was special in that it began with my daughter-in-law’s graduation from medical school and ended with a wedding of close family friends. In between it went something like this. I took a class in Tai Chi while visiting a friend in New Jersey, and it was all about balance and the ability to […]
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