This is the first thanksgiving I can remember where in the morning the house isn't chaotic with too many things cooking and too many things needing to be cleaned up. I miss my mom and the amazing smell of all the mojo pork and turkey (the result of a night full of prepping and and super early start on cooking) and being her helper...

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// getting to live in this amazing city with my best friend  // my wonderful supportive family  // having no reason to go outside on the first snow this winter // smitten kitchen and all of her amazing recipes  i made this for tomorrow and i can not wait to try it // 18 year old me deciding that i'd rather be an...

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on this lovely crisp friday morning i wanted to share five things i love and appreciate from this past week. 1 // the failed family tradition of trying to see the nyc marathon together.  for the second year in a row we failed to meet on same side of the race, which is pretty awesome.  next year we agreed to meet at the...

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   last week chris an i finally got new running shoes. we ordered them off 6pm because discounts and they came within a week, which was amazing.  we did our first run and it was fun and not to painful.  we ran a little over a mile, nothing too crazy except the last 1/4 mile was all uphill and i really wanted to just...

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hope you all had an amazing chocolate filled halloween! this year, like most holiday's in nyc, chris had to work so we spent the night at his job, which thankfully is a fun bar. i really love all the people we have met this past year, it was a really fun night of chatting eating too much chocolate and hanging out until 4...

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