We're baaaaack. It's snowing. And I'm glad.
Our visit to L.A. was unremittingly fantastic. I have small complaints--I didn't get nearly enough time with my friends at our annual ice skating holiday party (if you read, live in L.A., and didn't' get invited, I am sorry, and let me know, and you will next year. It's a rocking tradition and one I am inordinately proud of, especially since it's the lowest effort party EVER.) I didn't get any time at all with one of my dearest friends in the world, because she and her partner and kids couldn't make it to the party, and we were swamped at every other moment with family and party prep and arranging times for Dido and the Babe to see THEIR much-missed Angeleno pals. I missed eating at one favorite restaurant, M Cafe de Chaya, which totally rocks, and whose salads (curried cauliflower, chick pea and kale with sesame dressing) I would happily die eating. (Cookbook, already, PLEASE...) Otherwise, we got it all in. The sushi I've already written about, take out divey Mexican with my mom and our dear friends and hosts, Yang Chow (yummy Chinatown staple), and soon-to-be-history Sam's Bagels all stuffed us to the gills all weekend. Oh, and don't forget Bob's Donuts--we had their donut holes at the party and I forgot to eat one and then they were ALL GONE. But my kids ate about seventeen of them, so I cannot complain. Dido proved himself an ice skating superstar, taking off on the ice with no parental accompaniment whatsoever--this freaked us out at first, but when he started doing 360 degree spins without panicking or falling, we were just proud. And as icing on the cake, both flights were smooth as could be and even the snowy drive home was uneventful and, need I say, beautiful.
Tonight, the snow is falling: those big, powdery, sparkling flakes that shimmer on the porch and look slightly unreal, they're that beautiful. Dido's school was canceled today, and I have a feeling that if the snow keeps up, it may be tomorrow as well. It is cold here, but magical, and our time out west reminded me of everything I love there. The city looked less crowded and less dirty than I remember it, which I take to mean that I love being there, not living there, and I have made the right choice. To all, a good night.
12.03.2007
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There is something refreshingly "normal" about living in the country. We enjoyed our 8 years there. Sometimes I wish I were raising my kids there so they would be more grounded and less materialistic. Then again, they would be even more the minority as Jews. Oh well. Go check out my kugel recipe on TNTF.
Waiting for a Christmassy post... it is not feeling like Christmas here -- the grass is green, the only Christmas music is ours, and there are few decorations. The Swiss, I am told, are not heavily into Christmas. I have been making Swiss Christmas cookies for years (until Tallulah, and her nut allergy) along with the Czech ones, and so I always assumed that Christmas would be very jolly here. Ha.
I miss home, with all the snow and lights and music and shopping.
What are you going to have/cook for Christmas? (and what did you have for Thanksgiving, bw, besides the Heritage turkey?)
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