by Karen | Dec 4, 2021 | Blog, Chip, Death and Dying, Married Life, Still Cooking, Stories
I have been seeing Sam Sifton for years in full view and disclosure to my husband, Chip. Every morning, Sam appears in my email with temptations of elegant charcuterie boards, outrageous breakfasts, and sweets that could tempt even a die-hard dieter. Who is Sam...
by Karen | Mar 13, 2021 | Blog, Chip, empty nest, Kids!, Life Lessons, Married Life, Quarantine
When I was first married, I could not understand why couples struggled in their relationship in later years. The kids are gone, hopefully on to successful lives, and retirement is looming. You have made it through the hard part. The challenges of raising kids while...
by Karen | Feb 19, 2017 | Blog, Life Lessons, Married Life
I have to share something with you ladies. We do snore. How do I know? I know because my crazy, yet loving husband, audio taped me doing just that at midnight last night. Let me explain how I got here. For the past few weeks I have not been sleeping well. My nights...
by Karen | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog, Chip, Food and Cooking, From the Kitchen, Married Life, Wednesday's Recipe for Saturday's Dinner
It has been just about 30 years since Chip and I shared our first dinner together in our first apartment. The apartment was very small and if you crinked your neck way to the right, you could see the Catskill Mountains around the transformer. The furniture was all...
by Karen | Apr 18, 2016 | Being Italian, Blog, Chip, Married Life
Tonight is my second night away this trip. I travel once a month or so for business to the company’s home office in Delaware. It’s about a five and a half hour drive. I’m sure it would be faster if I didn’t stop and use the bathroom six... by Karen | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Chip, Married Life
This picture was taken some time around 1991-1992. When I look at this, I see us so much younger and so less experienced. In some ways, no where near as close as we are today. We had not been through anything yet. The wedding was in 1989. I was working in NYC and...