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{Graffiti} It’s All Greek To Me

December 30, 2011 in Graffiti: Arts & Culture

With so many Christmas parties and now New Year bashes around the corner, it is always in fashion to come bearing gifts and food!

I love to cook and my mom has taught me everything I need to know in the kitchen…

which could fill a post-it-note. 

(This could be my last post ever for forwarding that information.)

Regardless of the saga and quite humorous situations of my mom’s lack of cooking knowledge, she is fantastic at creating Greek dishes!

And, makes one helluva mean baklava.

If you ever eat Greek food, which you should, (so, this obviously applies to you), treat yourself to baklava, melt at the taste of tiropitas (my all-time favorite and cooking specialty) and be sure to indulge yourself on some moussaka.

While our family recipe is kept a bit more secret…I may be able to slip you the secret ingredient to make the most savory, to-die-for baklava and tiropitas…

An incredible amount of … butter. Opa!

XOXO,

Glam and Graffiti

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{#HOLIDAYPROBLEMS}

December 25, 2011 in Graffiti: Arts & Culture

It’s the Holidays! I know that things can get rough…here are just a few of those things that are trending right now in every home, in every Christmas party, and all over the world!

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1. #Takeover: Family is storming from every state possible and distant relatives are now occupying your TV, your bedrooms, and your… refrigerator. Bumping into someone in a hallway is not unusual and the size of your home just shrunk 5 times the size.

2. #LineUp: When you have to take a number to queue for the bathroom in the morning…you know it is the holidays.

3. #Selfcontrol: It is taking all you have to not throw a snowball of mashed potatoes at the next neighbor or family member when asked the casual conversation starter,   “SO what are you going to do for the rest of your life?”

4. #Confusion: It’s strange…your stomach feels like it is going to explode from pumpkin pie, and all you want to do is try that cake that you are eyeing at the other end of  the table.

5. #Mistletoe: That one sprig of leaves that can cause extreme awkwardness in the hallway in route to the kitchen. Party-goers will start finding strategic ways to get into that kitchen just to avoid any confrontations. You were warned here first.  Forget the devious plotting to steal a snog from your crush of 8 years. Relax && be single and mingle! Stay clear. of. the. mistletoe.

6. #Snow: You want it to snow. But, not a lot. Just enough to cover the grass and not close down the interstate. (Depending on what state you are in and how ill-prepared the road patrol are…this calculation can be tricky.) COME ON SNOW.

7. #Leftovers: Some call it a blessing, some call it mashed potatoes for the next straight week. This easy dinner fix…and lunch fix, and unfortunately…sometimes breakfast fix, denotes itself as the only way to truly finish-off that feast your mom cooked for dinner as if she was expecting the entire cast of Modern Family.

You can do this. I believe in you just as much as I believe in Santa.

Merry Christmas!

XOXO

Glam and Graffiti

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{Graffiti} It’s Okay If… Holiday Style.

December 21, 2011 in Graffiti: Arts & Culture

Life is tough. We all need a little break…it’s time to celebrate!

So you know what? It’s okay IF…

… If you swore that pitter-patter on your roof faintly sounded more like Reindeer hooves than a rogue tree branch.

…If you pause any type of calorie counting, carb watching, and sweet swatting diet to indulge on the never-ending savory feasts.

…If you spend away your vacation hours at the mall. Hey, if you can handle the crowds and lines of children crying and clamoring for Santa, all the power to you.

…If every time “All I Want For Christmas” starts gearing-up on the radio, you are right there, ready, singing at the top of your lungs and pointing to your invisible lovers. Oh, they know who they are.

…If your dress for New Year’s Eve is more expensive than your Prom Dress.  You only get to count down to 2012 once, why not look smashing.

…If you watched Elf, The Holiday, or Love Actually, or all of the above more than once. Or, in the same week. Or, in the same day.

…If you casually throw in quotes from Elf in everyday conversations. “So, uhm … do you wanna eat food?”

…If regardless of how thick the first snow is and if you are dressed for it, you test to see if it is “packing” snow because face it … that is all that really matters.

…If despite the reviews and the cliché name, you still kind-of-maybe want to see the star-packed film New Year’s Eve.

Hey – it’s okay.

XOXO,

Glam and Graffiti

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