December 2011
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Not Even a Mouse
Wishing you and yours a Very Merry Christmas
Cheers, The Pickwick Portfolio
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Quotes of Note
“When we fall in love, we hear Puccini in our heads.” -The Mirror Has Two Faces
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Food & Family: Recipes
Turtle Bites
Are you starting to think I work for Rolo? I assure you, I do not.
With that said…go buy a sack of them. And whilst you’re at the market, purchase a bag of Butter Snaps and some pecan halves. Line a cookie sheet with the pretzels {only use whole, pretty ones…duh} and top each with a Rolo. Into a 200degree oven for about 10minutes. Pull the pan out, and...
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Quotes of Note
“I might be the only person on the face of the earth that knows you’re the greatest woman on Earth. I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do, and how you are with Spencer, “Spence,” and in every single thought that you have, and how you say what you mean, and how you almost always mean something that’s all about...
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Music & Culture: Donate
PigPen Theatre Co
My research department sent me an email that included this link. If you do anything selfless this season, please contribute to their project. Or donate blood. Or serve at a soup kitchen. Or all three {Santa’s watching}.
For $1500, PPTC will perform at your home. Please invite me…I’ll bring punch.
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Personal Ads: Theodor Seuss Geisel
Maybe you knew him as Dr. Seuss. Maybe you knew him as Theo LeSieg. Or even Rosetta Stone. But however you knew him, you loved him.
Theodor was born in 1904, in Massachusetts. He wrote for a humour magazine whilst at Dartmouth but was forced to resign after he got busted drinking gin in his dorm room. {We really WOULD have been best friends!} Afterward, he continued writing under the pen...
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Libations & Vices: Sweets
Goodies on the Go
Whoopie pies on wheels? Oh Chicago…you lucky dog, you. Check out Sweet Ride, a truck full of tasty treats. You can visit the van, order some snacks, or even have it cater your next party. An auto full of endless edibles? Sure beats that folding-table dessert display your cousin did last year. And isn’t that what the holiday season is all about?
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Quotes of Note
“…It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together. And I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home…only to no home I’d ever known. I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car, and I knew. It was like…magic.” -Sleepless in Seattle