Every year around the fourth of July, I think I will make this cake. Perhaps, this will be the year! It sounds yummy. Flag Cake from the Barefoot Contessa Ingredients * 18 tablespoons (2 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature * 3...

Have you ever noticed that around the holidays we tend to hear music that fits with that season? Take for instance Christmas. We hear enough Christmas carols to fill our needs for ten years. Around Valentine's Day, it is fun to listen to all the love...

A good friend of mine recently lost his job. I was blown away when I heard the news. He was a professor and taught for many years. To be without a job has caught him off guard. Many of us could find ourselves in his position. We live our lives,...

My son turned 24 years old yesterday. Yesterday was also Father's Day so it was celebration day all the way around. Greg made his own birthday cake and it was delicious. It was a yellow cake with white chocolate mouse filling. I offered to make him a...

Wait! Stop! Halt! Those of you who are participating in this weeks Heads or Tails Meme, Here is my summertime memory. This post is for next week. Bonk on my head! Fun theme this week for Heads or Tails! The word of the day is tool. Make any kind of...