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"Dinner at Nana's"

Posted on 11/17/2017 07:24PM | 0 Comment(s)

Wednesday night was a particularly strange night, full of nightmares, and restless sleep. 

The next day I was in a total funk. I was really missing my Nana, and running on empty to just make it through the day.

After several failed attempts at distracting myself with work, I thought about what might get me out of my misery. 
I tried to remember some of my "comfort" places, sights, sounds and smells,  so I ran off to the store and purchased all the makings of real “Nana" dinner. 

I started cooking the year she passed away. Slowly at first, a few things here and there, 
nothing too adventurous. Year after year I’d add a few dishes, some hers, some I picked up along the way. 
I purchased a crock pot,  printed a few newish recipes off  of the internet, and started engaging with my more domestic side, who’d been tucked away for a long time.

So yesterday I decided to once and for all jump into the mother-load - Nana’s homemade red sauce. 

I like to call it “Everybody’s Jersey -Italian Tomato Sauce” 

No recipe, 'cause, well, you didn’t need one. No measurements, no ingredients list or fine print, just your memory and one big pot of love. 

I grabbed a slew of the ingredients I’d shopped for at least three hundred  times, and I dove in head first, from memory.  I guess watching Nana make her magic for thirty years, counts for something. 

While cooking the sauce I also put a pot of coffee on, and when I entered the house, from being out, it smelled JUST like Nana’s…..
All of my memories came flooding back, and I was again, in my happy place. 

So tonight for dinner, I whipped up a famous batch of chicken parmesan, complete with Nana’s Jersey sauce. 
It was a beautiful reminder of the woman who raised me. Skyler and I sat at our very fancy dinner table, and shared stories about Nana. I even pulled out some pictures, of some of her favorite people, eating "Nana’s" food. 

This trip down memory lane was one of the best. Comfort food to comfort my soul. 
So, here’s to memories, sharing traditions, celebrating life, and a sink full of dirty dishes, Nana would be thrilled. 
xoxoxo 
#nana #love #jerseyitalianfoodforever 








Here, There, and Back Again~!

Posted on 04/11/2016 02:49PM | 1 Comment(s)



( A wild night on tour...... My daughter Skyler Faith, with Noah's boys, Ethan and Lucas)


Welcome to the new website, which I'm really thrilled about. ( THANK YOU, NOAH!)
I promise to keep this up to date,  and user friendly…
(I'm one of the users…and so far, we're friends)

Just got back from a trip to home, which was awesome. Being back in NYC always recharges my battery.
It could be the people, the music or in this case, the cold. ( 28 degrees in APRIL, geeze?)
Didn't win the Hamilton lottery,  (#lucky) but had a wonderful visit with mom, got in a show and
reconnected with a bit of my "Jersey" girl.  Noah and I played a fun house concert in Brooklyn, ( thanks Paul!) and we both had some much needed time with our families.

Now I'm  back in L.A. The weather is…oh you know, it's CA, so the weather just "is".
We're all getting super excited about the next few weeks. So much going on….
It's been years in the making and now that it's here, I'm kind of in shock. The excitement, planning, and anticipation can lead to a whole lot of restless nights, and an over abundance of coffee intake. Or that could just be raising a toddler?
In any case, I'm so looking forward to the music video release,  April 27th at El Cid. The space is amazing, and we can't wait to party with everyone to celebrate this launch.  Ryan Forbes has done such a wonderful job with this video. The entire cast and crew, really gave so much.  I'll post more about that in a few days, but I'm full of gratitude to everyone involved. #happyheart

After the video release, it's a few trips out of state, and then our CD release May 21st in San Diego.
Details will be all over this page in the weeks ahead… so check back. Right now, I'm off to save the princess from the large, and scary, polka-dot dragon, that has her trapped in the bathroom.  ( Or so she says) When this episode of "Saving Skyler" concludes, I'll start posting more info about the upcoming gigs.

Thanks so much for checking in.
Love,

r




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