Allie Vanderwerf

Firstly, a great big congratulations to the 230,000 couples that are projected to get engaged today! Best wishes for many years of happiness, health, fun

After the festivities and frivolities of the December holidays pass, we’re left with… well, still winter. And I like winter, truly I do. But the

Welcome to 2013, people! Yes, it’s soooo cliché, but the older I get, the faster time flies. Can we really be turning the calendar page,

Amid baths and homework last night I whipped up a few batches of Christmas cookies. No, the caramels aren’t done yet and the rosettes might

Growing up, my mother baked at Christmastime. Not that she didn’t bake throughout the rest of the year, but Christmas was a frenzy of flour

For a long time, I’ve dreamed of visiting New York City in early December. I’ve never been there, but I long to ice skate at

Yes, it’s been a while since my last post. I have no excuse except for the old cliche that I’ve been soooo busy! Halloween and

What better way to revel in fall’s wondrous display of colors and brisk weather than to wend your way through the woods perched atop a

Perhaps it has something to do with my hair color, but every year when fall settles upon us, my soul is happy and I find

This past weekend, my good friend Angie and I hosted a baby shower for my oldest friend Anne. She and her husband are expecting their