Pecan Pie Cake

In the spirit of the season I would like to share the recipe for one of my favorite holiday desserts, Pecan Pie Cake. I first made this cake years ago when we were living in New York City. We had invited friends over for a traditional holiday dinner and rather than making a pecan pie, I made this cake. (I guess I felt was a more sophisticated take on the good old stand-by.) The cake was rich yet not too sweet with a...

Five Stories Told Out of (Private) School

As a voracious reader, I’ve found that there are scores of books set on private school campuses. Some of these books deal with serious subjects and come pretty close to describing what life is really like at a private school. Then there are the other books. In this second category, the books regale with stories and events that might be ever-so-slightly based in fact, but mostly are fictitious and just plain...

iPhones (and iPads!) + Kids

Have you ever handed your iPhone over to your child? Perhaps you were at a restaurant waiting for your meal to arrive and your eight-year-old daughter wanted ONE MORE turn at Doodle Jump. Or maybe you were sitting in the dentist’s waiting room before an appointment and your ten-year-old son NEEDED to play Hangman. Or maybe your two-year-old child was happy to sit in the stroller and fingerpaint with Doodle...