With autumn just around the corner, there’s nothing I love more than being outside enjoying that crisp fall air. One outdoorsy place I think you’d enjoy going to this fall is Grounds for Sculpture. This is a fantastic field trip! It’s located in Hamilton NJ (South Central Jersey). It’s a huge park with real life…
My visit to the TWA Hotel (NYC)
Since traveling is pretty much at a stand still at the moment, I’d like to take this time to share with you one of the most unique places I’ve enjoyed visiting in the past. A lot of times field trips are planned on a whim. I was at my aunts house one day and we…
Dishes with odd names
I’ve always been curious of how some of these dishes out there have earned such silly names. Of course, they all have multiple stories behind them. Most of them starting with “they say”. Who are “they” anyway?? Most of them coming from Britain.. I decided to test out a few. For now, these are the…
The Jersey shore will always have my heart, with or without the unofficial start!
With the unofficial kick off to summer starting, we all know things will just not be the same down the shore this year. The one thing that can’t be changed, are all of the memories that I have there as a kid and the ones that I have created for myself every year since then……
Gardening… My therapy
As we approach that time of year, I’d like to share with you my love of gardening and a bit of the “not such love” of it too… I grew up in an Italian family in Jersey with a long history of gardeners. I loved gardening with my mom. I was always ready to get…
Dishes made during the Great Depression…
Our nation right now is going through a tough time. Seeing the toll this has taken on many, I couldn’t help but read up on how others have managed in the past to get through these difficult times. Of course, I came across a lot on how people survived with food during the Great Depression,…
It’s that bloody obsession of mine…
Bloody Mary’s aren’t for everyone. If you can’t tolerate tomato juice, then obviously, it’s a no go. I never disliked Bloody Marys, I just never ordered them. Until one day on a flight to Cali with my father, he ordered one, and so did I.. From that day on, my choice of a brunch cocktail…
You know what’s good for the soul?! Participation. Trust me, you’ll feel good in the end…
As most of you know, I grew up with a handicapped sister. My oldest sister Michele (aka Melly) had Down Syndrome. She is the reason I started my “Hungry Melly” page. Not only because she was the hungriest (yet most petite) person that I knew, but, I felt I needed to do something just to…
Cooking traditional food… A big thanks to our ancestors!
Our ancestors are who made us.. They are the reason I love to do the things that I do. About 10 years ago, I started getting into searching on ancestry. I wanted to build a tree, see where all the “greats” came from. Of course, it wasn’t anything like it is today. There were no…