TIP OF THE DAY: USE ALKA-SELTZER TO CLEAN YOUR ROASTING PANS
OK, so my roasting pans are not nearly as sparkly as the one pictured above…but I wish they were! My mother-in-law gave me a great tip for getting all the charred stuff off your pans: just fill with water, add three or four packages of Alka-Seltzer, and let sit for an hour or so.
In Kendrick’s parents’ backyard. I LOVE rope swings (Kendrick’s dad, Tom, made that one).
If you’re lucky enough to have a backyard with a spot for a swing, go here to learn how to make one.
DKNY Pure sweater, ABS Carrie jeans, Gap hat, Urban Outfitters earrings.
Me with some fire trucks, aboard AirTran Flight 206.
I was very impressed with AirTran’s response to the ordeal - they gave each passenger a complimentary round-trip ticket, plied us with coffee and donuts, and had us in the air (that’s where I am now) within two hours.
I know I’m sounding very blase about this whole thing, but the truth is that I was absolutely terrified. When we were skidding across the tarmac the plane was dead silent, everyone just gripping the armrests and staring straight ahead, bracing for an impact or a crash landing into the water. So, being Thanksgiving and all…let’s just say that I feel like I have a lot to be thankful for at the moment. It’s good to be reminded sometimes of how quickly things can turn on you…and how important it is to appreciate what you have right now.
Happy Thanksgiving to my Mom and Dad, Lucy, and all my friends and family (and especially my Aunt Trudy and cousin Zach, who are visiting NYC this weekend from Canada and who I’m very sad to be missing). Eat well, enjoy that tryptophan buzz, and I’ll see you all soon!
See those lights? That would be about seventy thousand fire trucks and police cars outside my airplane window, all of which showed up shortly following an explosion towards the back of the plane that happened seconds before takeoff and caused the pilot to slam on the brakes, sending the plane kind of skidding across the runway (I’m not faulting the pilot here; I am absolutely thrilled that braking occurred rather than flying).
Apparently we made the news. Here’s someone’s video of our little adventure.
This is us in the airport, happy and optimistic about our flight taking off on time.
Me: “Ooh! Mirror. Stop, let’s take a picture!”
Kendrick: “No.”
Me: “Come on, it’ll be fun.”
