Holidaze

Your MatchGirl took a week off work to spend some time around the house, working on projects and spending time with visiting family. Enjoy some photos from the week, like the one (above) of Boyfriend displaying our Christmas roast! 

More after the jump...

Happy Holidays!

Boyfriend and your MatchGirl made you a Holiday Mix Tape on Spotify!

Enjoy!

Tribes

Thursday means Boyfriend is writing!


Tribes is a term I don’t really use. It has some negative Burning Man-esque connotations in my mind. It is a pretty good way to describe our extended non-related family however. As I mentioned in an earlier post this will be my first Christmas away from not only my family but also away from my … um … tribe. I can’t really get down with that word, so from here on out I will use the term that I have always used and say my crew.

Countdown

Gentle readers, your MatchGirl and Boyfriend are in quite the frenzy this week!

As we've both posted over the past couple of weeks, we are hosting a full house of people for the holidays. For Christmas Eve we'll have my parents in town and our friends and their son will join us for a San Francisco inspired dinner. The next day the rest of my family will arrive early and we'll have some breakfast (and loads of coffee, I'm sure!) and exchange gifts and spend some time together...

Menu Plan: Week Thirty-Two

Last week's menu plan, was a pretty big hit. We deviated a couple of times, as Boyfriend and your MatchGirl tend to get over-zealous in the planning, forgetting how tired we are when Friday rolls around again...

This week is going to be nuts, leading up to the arrival of family and friends for Christmas festivities, but we've still got to eat, right?

Boyfriend came up with a pretty simple plan for us - minimal prep work, big flavors and cleaning out the fridge - all good things leading up to the holiday!

Open House

Last week, Boyfriend wrote of starting new holiday traditions.

It's something that couples do as they grow closer and they live further from their families. It's something we all do as we become adults.

Seating Arrangements: Holiday Dinner

Gentle readers, your MatchGirl and Boyfriend are quite thrilled about our Christmas dinner party. And a little nervous at the same time!

I mean, where will the people sit (and how should we seat them) in our little Greenpoint apartment!

Holiday Traditions

Another Thursday guest post from Boyfriend!

In my family we don’t have a lot of holiday traditions. There is no routine that is followed every year. Usually we get together on Christmas Eve and after mulling about for a while we will do one of two things either eat a meal together and then open presents or we will not eat a meal together and then open presents. Perhaps the tradition is really the lack of a plan. For many years I have tried to establish some sort of routine and plan to follow for the holidays. My family is just not into it.

O Tannenbaum!

Boyfriend and your MatchGirl bought our tree this weekend, gentle readers!

Challenges: Holiday Season

Gentle readers, the holidays are fast upon us.

Tomorrow is December first and from there we go into a flurry of planning and prepping and shopping and nesting and decorating. All to make our little home cozy and welcoming to our friends and family, who we will be celebrating Christmas with in Brooklyn.