Here's some news! A special jewelry sale starts tomorrow on elaineperlov.com. There will be other fun things on sale too. For the entire month of December. I just made this piece yesterday. It's a one-of-a-kind glass bubble and Sterling silver 21" necklace. Only one! It will go LIVE on the site tonight.


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Update 7:48pm
It's LIVE! Click to view the Glass Bubble Necklace.

shop elaineperlov.com instead of chain stores. yeah!

Yes, it's Cyber Monday today. If you have an itchy *add-to-cart* finger, you may as well click it here. That's what I think anyway.

And yes, there's a promo code! Enter SKIRT20T at checkout for 20% off all SKIRTS & T-SHIRTS.

our TG table

This year I decided to go with a windswept look with golden pine cones and leaves. Here's what we served this year. Be prepared, there is no turkey or pie. I just figured out TG is all about pie and potatoes. Why did I not see this before? We had our dessert first, up the street at Cafe Riviera, a sweet place on Manhattan Avenue. Polish Apple Cake and coffee with steamed milk. Very festive.

First Course

Salmon Ceviche

Black Beans

Cassava Toasts with olive oil & cilantro

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Second Course

Turkish Spinach & Onion Boreka

Roasted Masala Spice Sweet Potato "Fries"
with spicy coriander yogurt dipping sauce

Trio of potatoes (red, white & purple) sliced à la Internet

Roasted Asparagus

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Third Course

Homemade Cranberry Relish & Fresh Apples, Oranges & Cranberries

Persimmons

Pecans & Almonds

Coffee

TG potatoes -- they worked! tasty, but blurry
I made red, purple and white. A true experiment.

I wrote about this on the Dollhouse blog last week, but it warrants repeating here. These fasinating potatoes were fun to make, and they totally worked out like Pinterest said they would. Healthy potato chips. I think the purple potatoes turned out the best. [found on Pinterest. Have you ever tried Pinterest? Kinda cool]

Salade Niçoise.

I'm not a literalist if that's a word which it probably isn't. This is my variation on a theme. Instead of all the usual ingredients, this one has arugula, artichoke paste, tomato, grilled zucchini, chickpeas, purple potatoes, and of course, tuna! Really really really good tuna! From Spain. Ortiz! In a jar.

The approach of TG gets me in the mood to cook and try new recipes. Not recipes that I'll use for TG exactly, but perhaps ideas I may adapt in some way. This soup was inspired by a similar version we had at Luzzo's the other day, along with a buffala mozzarella pizza with tomato sauce and basil. The pizza was amazing! The soup, well, I thought I could do better in the bean department. And the price department. Seven bucks for soup that contained only about ten beans was not what we were envisioning.

Mine definitely went in a pasta fagioli direction, which is exactly what I was envisioning.

I took this shot of the Williamsburg Bridge from the East River Ferry back in June.
Now it is my bridge of triumph! And my November Sale icon.
I love this bridge!

I had a major running milestone today! I ran the whole Williamsburg Bridge and back today! Touched down in Manhattan, slapped the sign and ran back! Plus another personal record -- I ran 5 miles!