Happy Chinese New Year!
2017 – The Year of the Rooster
January 28, 2017 is Chinese New Year. In China, Chinese New Year is celebrated over a course of a few weeks to ring in the New Year. During the celebrations families get together with large feasts, some visit their hometown villages, and visit with friends to wish them prosperity and good luck in the coming year. Continue reading Happy Chinese New Year 2017 – Year of the Rooster & Some Fascinating Info on Chickens
After days and weeks of solid good rain here in Northern California, we finally see some sunshine 😊🌞. It seriously feels like spring – Not! Birds are chirping as if it is spring, little do they know that rain and cool temperatures are coming back very soon – within a few days 🌧.
Every year our friends Dave and Rose invite a few of their friends to celebrate Hanukkah with them. It’s always a fun dinner party and a chance for friends and family to get together over the holidays with good food and good company.
Continue reading Celebrating Hanukkah with Friends 2016Merry Christmas!
Wishing you and your families peace, love, and joy on this special day.
I came upon this wonderful article on BBC.com a month ago titled A 1000-year Old Promise of Peace and thought this would be the perfect story to share with you on Christmas day. Continue reading Merry Christmas 2016!
Last week I got a post from one of my blog followers/reader Mackenzie, with a very novel social gathering. Her blog, which is mackmarie.com, had sent a request a couple weeks earlier asking her readers to submit their favorite cookie recipes for a cookie party she was hosting which she called a meet and greet party. I assumed she was asking for recipes for a cookie exchange party she was hosting at her home.
Continue reading Cookies, Cookies, Sweet Treats, and More Cookies!
We discovered this little town of Nevada City, California when I heard about it from my friend Radhika.
Continue reading A Victorian Christmas in Nevada City, CaliforniaI love the holidays and Christmas time. I absolutely love it, love it, love it. There is nothing more festive than the December holiday season. I can’t think of any other time of the year when the entire country gets in on the celebrations. Almost every mall, shopping plaza, neighborhood, street, and home is decked with lights and holiday decor. Even if one is not into celebrating the holidays, you can’t help but smile when you see shimmering Christmas lights everywhere or little kids excited faces looking forward to Santa’s visit. Continue reading I Love the Holidays!
It’s November 30th and with the festive holiday season upon us, I thought I would do a take on the 25 Days of Christmas that a few of our TV stations put on every year, where for 25 consecutive days in December a Christmas movie is aired on TV until Christmas day. Except in my version I am publishing a post a day until Christmas day. Continue reading 25 Days of Recipes, Posts and Stories
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wishing you and your families many warm and loving sharing moments on this very special holiday.
On this Thanksgiving holiday, I would like to convey my heartfelt thank you to all my blog readers and followers. Thank you for taking the time to read what I write and publish, for all your comments, and for your encouraging words. I truly appreciate it. Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
Last weekend we celebrated Diwali with family and friends and had an outstanding time with all! Saris, Food, Sparklers, & Great Company. This turned out to be an awesome fun evening filled with laughter, delicious food, sparklers, and gorgeous saris.
Continue reading Celebrating Diwali with Family & Friends 2016
