Chris Nordquist
Last weekend in Southampton was perfect — walks on the beach, frolicking with Julia in the pool and long, late dinners with our good friend Maria Moyer. On Saturday morning, I decided to use the lemon verbena growing in our garden to make gelato to follow the seafood paella I had planned for dinner. Maria, […]
I’m not very good at lunch. I’m great at eating it –I’m always hungry at lunchtime, and I like a full hot lunch whenever I can get it. I’m not very good at planning, making and serving it, though, especially to weekend house guests. (I often tell myself that we’ll just serve breakfast and dinner […]
I have a confession to make: I don’t really like picnics. The idea of enjoying a meal surrounded by nature is appealing, of course, but the reality of the hot summer sun just kills my appetite. And, though often delicious, heavier traditional picnic foods like fried chicken and potato salad mostly add to my discomfort. […]
The bathroom was nice enough. It was very large –especially by New York standards, and had a big window. The glass tile left us cold, though. I like icy blue in general, but paired with the gray floor and the plain white walls, it created a chilly atmosphere that got a little clinical edge from […]
Any day now Julia will be ready for her “big girl bed.” It’s coming, and if it’s like her walking, talking and potty training, it’ll happen suddenly: one evening she’ll just climb in and never look back. Feeling change in the air, this sentimental father took a few pictures of her room in Southampton today […]
