This would be the time of year when I bring home a pot of paperwhites from the grocery store. Sometimes you just need flowers more than bread! I love the look of white winter bulbs when in full bloom and would argue that they are very underrated in terms of winter decor. While I do […]

Family tradition requires me to (impatiently) wait until the first weekend of December before I get to decorate the Christmas tree at my parents. I obviously do not have the patience to wait until December, which is why I have a little one foot tree for my own home. If you’re ready to move on from […]

Between my cousins and friends’ children, I have a handful of nieces and nephews on my holiday shopping list. While gift-giving is one of my love languages, I especially love finding gifts for every one of my nieces and nephews. A lot of them are currently at that really fun age, so shopping for them […]

I’m going to be honest, when it comes to setting a Thanksgiving table, for my family’s dinner, it amounts to a very simple ensemble. It’s not that a nice table setting isn’t appreciated, food just basically trumps everything. I mean, we are Italian after all. On that note, I admittedly begin counting down the days […]