22 Feb 2011
PS. And yes, The Joe Spa is staffed by my husband. (See the prenatal massage punch card he made me for Christmas.) Without the pregnancy pillow, lying-down back massages would be impossible. We shape the pillow into a circle that way I can lie on my stomach without actually lying on my stomach. We copied [...]
19 Feb 2011
Over the summer, one of my nearest and dearest childhood friends opened a winery in Ellicottville, N.Y. Psssst … Joe and I got married in Ellicottville in September 2009. Sam Sheehy and his father-in-law, Dominic Spicola, opened the Winery of Ellicottville on Monroe Street in the village just one year later. Had it been open [...]
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14 Feb 2011
The sweetest Valentine’s Day gift I’ve ever received came today in the form of my Oma, who pulled into my driveway this morning with her Ford Taurus stuffed with two dozen bags of red mulch and her trunk full of plants. She was a German workhorse on a mission. Basically, my front yard has looked [...]
10 Feb 2011
Today I’m six months pregnant. SIX MONTHS. I’ve been pregnant for half a year. 180 days. Longer than My So-Called Life was on air. Like my baby boy, this post has been incubating for some time. My sentimental soon-to-be-brother-in-law recently asked me to write something emotional about pregnancy. “I want to read your feelings on [...]
Posted in babies, baths, Brian, coffee, CVS, dopamine, Joe, mushy anecdotes, Phish, pregnancy, Timmy Ho's, trees, yoga by: heidi
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03 Feb 2011
Five things before I get on this plane to Buffalo: 1. Remember that 10.10.10 footage I shot of my father flying his Cessna for the One Day On Earth documentary film project? It was accepted! I received an email from the organization earlier this week asking for the raw video files on a memory card. [...]
01 Feb 2011
This is a true story, as are all stories on The Lance. It’s short, unsettling and involves my hapless sister PK and her flawless toe nails. Over the summer, our favorite Bristol Palin lookalike began adhering fake toe nails to her piggies. She was covert about her new weird beauty habit, choosing short white nails [...]