It’s after Pesach now, so I guess it’s time for a Purim post! Eitan chose the theme this year: Frozen! More specifically, Olaf. We decided to dress up as Anna, Kristoff, and…
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I typically choose a children’s book to inspire our Purim costumes. Last year, I chose “A Tale of Five Balloons” which is a well-known Israeli book. We included my parents to get…
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I am a big fan of Purim. So big, in fact, that I always coordinate my mishloach manot theme with our costume theme. Unfortunately, now that my son has opinions, he gets…
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I have lived in a lot of places, with a lot of closets. I have lived in spaces with no drawers and a closet 3′ wide. I have lived in spaces with…
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This was a job. That we completed over a year ago. Sorry… life with a renovation. First, there was the planning. We had a brick fireplace. The only change we made to…
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I’m planning early this year! Last year, I was really on top of kashering, but I wasn’t thrilled with how much we included Eitan in the seder. It’s really hard to have…
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Purim is one of my favorite holidays. I love the silliness combined with the serious aspect of tzedakah and gifts for friends. I also love to choose a theme and run it…
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My only home goal for this Covid winter has already been accomplished! I had planned to re-face our living room fireplace for a while, and winter seemed like the perfect time to…
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So what do we do??? Nothing is open. It’s not a holiday for us. Covid continues to prevent our eating out, and the idea of going into Brookline to get kosher Chinese…
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We fell in love with tortilla espanola on our trip to Spain. However, whenever I tried to re-create it, I was confounded by the cooking methods. If you only use the stove…