What would our annual Vappu celebration be without donuts! I remember when I was a little girl in Finland and my friend Maria’s mother would make Vappu donuts every year. They were incredible delicious, hot out of the fryer. We enjoyed them with some homemade sima, of course. Sima is a kind of a fermented […]
Picnic
Picnic Season in New Jersey
Last Sunday we packed our bags and headed out to the nearby park to spend the entire day there. Sun, grass, little lake, paddle boats, some cool drinks, lunch and sweet pastries kept us entertained. This is the time when the weather is still beautiful, right before the terrible humidity kicks in. So I’m trying […]
Blue Picnic in Central Park
Picnics are a great escape On a warm summer day Butterflies play Ants stay away Food to cook and games to play It’s a wonder we don’t do this everyday! Unknown Here’s a short video of the Picnic. Sorry, it’s a bit shaky…
BLUE PICNIC SNEAK PEEK
On Saturday we packed our bags and headed out to the Great Hill in Central Park for another one of our famous color-themed picnics (check out our previous picnics here: Pink & White). This time it was blue which kind of went well together with the midsummer being the same time. For once we were […]
WHITE PICNIC
Theme picnics are always fun (remember our Pink Picnic also known as Pinknic?) so we had another one to celebrate the Labor Day. Theme was white of course. Here’s some shots from our White Picnic. Marshmallows, white mystery cocktails, white dresses, white everything. “White covers a multitude of sins.” — Jonathan Milne