In what has become a great little tradition, Karen and I had my mother over for dinner this Christmas Eve. We made a roasted chicken, green beans sauteed with mushrooms and crushed almonds and I took a crack at making potatoes-au-gratin - a childhood favorite of mine that my mother used to make.

After dinner, Karen [...]

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Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! Enjoy the food, gift giving and family time today. We hope you get everything you asked for from Santa.
Love,
Team Kane Street

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For the last several years the Bonna kids and our Bonna Mom get together to bake the Christmas cookies for the upcoming holiday events: Christmas, Scandinavian Christmas and Christmas Eve Brunch.

This “holiday” started out as a way for us to learn some of the Norwegian recipes that my grandmother baked for us every [...]

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TOAD: Dec 19th, 2007: Every year Karen’s family celebrates Scandinavian Christmas and I am surrounded by all things grey and fishy. Last year I decided that I would stop complaining and step it up by making something Scandinavianof my own that I could get excited about.
I ended up making something called Medisterkaker, which loosely [...]

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Karen and I had a few people over last weekend for some holiday cocktails. We picked up bunch of things from fresh direct, Karen baked some cookies, I made some mulled cider and we were on our way.

Over the summer I picked up a Lite-Brite at a local stoop sale. What better way to bust [...]

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We wrapped up our most lackluster bocce season with a prompt first round exit. This season was marred by a lack of Matt on our team along with Sasha not making it to any of our matches. Though we lost the match, we still proceeded with our team dinner at our local Hibachi (get it?) [...]

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TOAD: Dec. 1st, 2007

TOAD: Dec. 2nd, 2007: Our Bocce team, Watch Your Balls!!, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the playoffs this season. This was the first season where Sasha didn’t make it to any matches. Coincidence? I think not. Sasha will be back and so will WYB. (Stay tuned for some photos [...]

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Matt and Freya hosted their annual Thanksgiving event a few weeks back and one of the big stars was supposed to be a deliciously deep-fried turkey. A few weeks prior, Matt approached us and the following conversation ensued:
Matt: “Hey can my mom come over to your apartment to deep fry a turkey in your backyard?”
Me: [...]

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It has been an exceptionally hectic time at work so I’m falling behind more than I ever have with the blog + photos. Here’s a quick run through the past few weeks. Once things calm down a bit, we’ll get together a post on our experience running the Marathon (we finished in 4 hours and [...]

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TOAD: Oct. 22nd, 2007: After recommendations from Kip and Oliver, I took the plunge and am very happy with the results. This + the awesome Aveeno shaving cream recommendation I got from Kevin and John and my shaves are no longer bloodbaths.

TOAD: Oct. 23rd, 2007: I turned my ankle the week before the marathon (more [...]

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