Tag: new year’s day

entertaining

New Year’s Day Open House

Suzie and Joe’s annual New Year’s Day Open House. We’ve covered this extensively over the years, and I’m pleased by that — because this year, they’ve announced it will no longer be annual! Related posts: Nyack House Tour To Hopper […]

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Happy New Year!

It was a quiet New Year’s Eve at home this year, with Lexi. We watched a movie — was it Dunkirk? — and when it was over it was about 10 minutes til midnight. So we watched the ball drop. […]

entertaining, family

Happy New Year!

Suzie and Joe’s annual New Year’s party was warm and welcoming, with tasty bloody marys and a tour through the cuisine of the South, from gumbo and collards to ham and biscuits. Sam and Henry: Hunna, Irene and Tom: Other […]

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New Year’s Day, Southern Style

Suzie and Joe’s annual New Year’s Day party brings the South north for the day, with fresh ham, collards, grits, gumbo and, of course, black eyed peas. And The Most Insane Caramel Cake you’ve ever had.  Irene and Sam are […]

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New Year’s Day, Southern Style

Our new friends Susie and Joe invited us to their annual New Year’s Day party, where they revel in Southern heritage and serve all the New Year’s lucky foods: Black eyed peas, ham, grits, collards and, of course, Joe’s famous biscuits! […]

outings

To Rockefeller Center, for The Tree

We kinda figured there wouldn’t be that many people up and about Rockefeller Center on New Year’s Day morning, so we hopped on the train and headed down for a look-see. A crisp, clear day: Samantha’s first train ride (that […]

cooking

Hoppin John for New Year’s Day

We made the same excellent recipe we found last year: From Emeril… Hoppin John by Emeril Lagasse. We also opened a present from Kelly and Jack, and admired Kelly’s wrapping very much! Happy New Year! Related posts: Hoppin’ John for […]

Hoppin' John
recipes

Hoppin’ John for New Year’s Day

It’s good luck to eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day. We can use every little bit we can get! This recipe comes from Emeril and the Food Network, and I highly, highly recommend it. We were wowed, and […]