All-American Girls

I joined flower girl Stella and her mom Maia at the American Girl store in Natick for a birthday brunch this morning. I thought about taking my first generation Felicity doll to the hair salon, but I refrained.

Star-shaped butter for Stella Bella!

Perfect breakfast

One of my favorite childhood treats: a dutch baby topped with strawberries and powdered sugar:

Blueberries for Sal Wiz

A late summer breakfast treat -- from scratch sour cream-blueberry muffins, stuffed with wild organic Maine blueberries. Delicious!

Good morning, Sunshine

We love coffee. It is the theme of the decor in our kitchen.



So we grind our own each and every time we make a pot. Right now, we're drinking coffee roasted on Orcas.



We usually have decaf after dinner. On my to-do list is to find a good local coffee roaster, but right now we're drinking fair trade coffee purchased at a local independent coffee house, True Grounds. Usually we are customers of the big, bad corporate behemoth. But we should reconsider.