"Sweet Street" just got even tastier with a new homemade ice cream and treat shop. Frio opened in August, and joins Whisk and Arrow, Wilmar Chocolate, and Simple Simon Bakery on Wisconsin Avenue, now the sweetest street in town. Hugo makes the ice cream at Frio and it is creamy, inventive and delicious. I enjoyed [...]
Tomorrow we celebrate a holiday I have been anticipating for some time. I've sent my family email reminders, texts and chapstick, I've faithfully moisturized to provide a soft landing, and I've blocked off the whole day to celebrate. That's right, faithful readers, tomorrow is International Kiss a Ginger Day. In fact, it's the tenth anniversary [...]
In a scene that could have taken place 100 years ago, or five thousand miles away, Molly and her friend Kaelah spent a delicious Sunday afternoon making burek, a savory Eastern European pastry. As they chatted happily and stretched dough across our dining room table, I thought about the shared joy of meal preparation and [...]
The Bach family has been so important to the history of music that, for a time, any musical family in Europe earned that surname, not by pedigree but by prestige. I learned that Saturday afternoon from Carol Leybourn, matriarch of a family that, by any standard except birth, easily could be called Bachs. As she [...]
I can't have nice things. I know this and, generally, rise above this particular affliction. But, I also like to live in the modern world and I have certain hobbies that require technology, so I try. If the last few weeks of 2018 and the first few days of 2019 are any indication, though, the [...]
