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Entertaining

1. You don’t have to serve dinner to have a dinner party. Snacks can be dinner. And if those snacks run out, pizza is always a phone call away.  2. Rather than a hard start time, give people an arrival window: “Come over … Continue reading

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Whiskey Cocktail!

Got Whiskey! What I love about Blue Stem is the box tells you what’s included. This box included: Ginger simple syrup, aromatic bitters, kumquat aromatize, and a recipe card for a cocktail called “The Root”. This box would make eight cocktails. … Continue reading

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How to Prep Shrimp

Use kitchen shears, snip through the back of the shell, being careful not to cut into the flesh. Crack open the shell and remove the shrimp (Keep the tail on if you’d like). Remove the “vein” (it’s the digestive tract): … Continue reading

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The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poiter. This novel is a philosophical reflection of his life, focusing on race, integrity, grit, and perseverance. Poitier wrote and published this autobiography at 73, the threads that ties it … Continue reading

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Decompression

Decompression is critical. We’ve become such a back-to-back work culture, especially with virtual work, that we don’t build in breaks and time for reflection.— Corinne Stroum, Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the … Continue reading

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