Wine tasting and dress fitting

Beyond selecting the napkin color, the numbers of h’ors d’oeuvres we plan to serve and what we’ll serve to the ravenous hordes just post the synagogue service, there are some fun things also associated with this practically a wedding.
Today, Boo and I drove through a post-card perfect landscape of rolling white lawns and snow-covered trees [...]

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Remember the Planet on Valentine’s Day

With the massive volumes of chocolate and flowers going through registers all over the place today, it’s important to be mindful of the places your purchases originate.
Did you know that over FORTY percent of the world’s conventional (non-organic and non-fair trade) chocolate comes from the Ivory Coast, where the International Labor Organizations has reported rampant [...]

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