Source I visited my grandmother every summer. We called her Nan-Nan. Nan-Nan liked to cook and bake and I liked to eat. Especially sweets. Nan-Nan made lemon meringue pie. This was one of my favorites. I liked the high fluffy meringue and the tart lemon custardy filling. Nan-Nan also made chocolate cake with chocolate fudge […]
Source This is part of a memoir series on my friendship with Renee who I met in college and focuses mainly on our escapades during our late teens and early twenties. Last year Renee and I met in Georgetown. We walked around a bit and then went to lunch. We sat in the restaurant for […]
Source Renee’s Dad died about 6 years ago. His funeral was in Akron, Ohio, where he was born and raised. My husband and I attended the funeral because I loved Renee’s Dad and because I wanted to be there for Renee. My own Dad died when I was just 18. Renee’s Dad reminded me of […]
Source This is part of a memoir series on my friendship with Renee who I met in college and focuses mainly on our escapades during our late teens and early twenties. Renee and I did all kinds of goofy things including wearing matching clothes. One matching thing we had were yellow green and red striped […]
Source This is part of a memoir series on my friendship with Renee who I met in college and focuses mainly on our escapades during our late teens and early twenties. I attended Renee’s graduation from business school at the University of Michigan and she attended my law school graduation from the University of Virginia […]
Source This is part of a memoir series on my friendship with Renee who I met in college and focuses mainly on our escapades during our late teens and early twenties. When Renee and I traveled Renee would bring two staple snacks: Entenmann’s chocolate chip cookies and M&Ms. Now how can you not love a […]
This is part of a memoir series on my friendship with Renee who I met in college and focuses mainly on our escapades during our late teens and early twenties. Renee and I took many beach trips. We were in college, we’d jump in the car by ourselves or with our brothers and some other friends […]
This photo of Maria De Lourdes is courtesy of TripAdvisor This is part of a memoir series on my friendship with Renee who I met in college and focuses mainly on our escapades during our late teens and early twenties. I’ve already shared a funny story about Renee’s and my trip to Cancun and the […]
Source This is part of a memoir series on my friendship with Renee who I met in college and focuses mainly on our escapades during our late teens and early twenties. Renee grew up on the upper East Side of Manhattan. Her neighborhood was called Yorkville and I absolutely loved it. It includes Carl Schurz […]
Source Source This is part of a memoir series on my friendship with Renee who I met in college and focuses mainly on our escapades during our late teens and early twenties. One of my favorite places with Renee was Serendipity. Both being chocolate and ice cream lovers, we would go there for the frozen […]
Artsy Wanderer 