Easter 2011
Indeed, Ana is wearing heels
We're still working on that smile.
The mothership
Thankfully, Ana didn't go into the men's bathroom...
Jen glowing. Literally.
Glowing is an exhausting activity.
Tiny Teff. Still the world's tallest leprechaun!
Did I leave the iron on?
Ana's hair will not lose the curls.
Ana has the all-time best laugh.
Appropriate for the day
Not since Imelda Marcos has there been such affinity for shoes.
Oh, when you said a little birdie told you that, you weren't kidding were ya?
Where were you on the night of the 5th punk? Don't lie to me!
The perfect smile. And it only took 23,127 pictures to get there.
After watching The Ring, Ana decides to draw circles compulsively.
The tiniest species of bear.
Riverview Farms
Papá & Ana cooking making some local butternut squashand marscarpone filled ravioli. Yes, it took forever.
Riverview Farms! Time to feed the piglets.
Ana warms up to the idea of a farm.
Joseph was fearless.
Joseph finds the pigs.
Three little pigs.
Shortly after hearing whispers about bacon, the pig flees the scene.
The farm had more than three pigs, promise.
These really were the only pigs that wanted to cooperate.
Ana warms up to the pigs, Steph finally gets the bacon joke.
The big pigs.
Gorgeous day to go pigspotting.
We almost took one with us.
Unsure if the pigs were using the mud to cool off or as camouflage.
Ana confronts mama pig.
Both bucolic and tinged with porcine melancholy.
Ana made friends easily.
Score!
Blizzard Day 3: Cabin Fever Takes Hold
Not since John Candy's Uncle Buck has there been such a pancake
Breadfruit, another piece of the Puerto Rican culinary pantheon
Breadfruit, fried
Close-up
Braises don't photograph well, but this braised chuck roast was the paragon of succulence and comfort-food perfection
The Great Blizzard of 2011, Continued
Harmless? Try to take her Goldfish crackers away from her...
Never make a behr upset.
We made sucky biscuits that tastes metallic and of raw flour.
Looking for redemption, we went back to basics: Puerto Rican red kidney beans.
These took ALL day. Now I kinda see the whole point of canned beans. I'm torn.
Sofrito: equal parts cuisine and Puerto Rican mysticism.
After many, many, many hours, it was done.
Thick-cut Berkshire pork chops from Eden Farms
The money shot
We're still working on the whole "Say Cheeze thing"
Is she blowing a kiss or did she have a sip of daddy's beer? We'll never know.
The Blizzard of 2011
This is Georgia, no?
My perplexed family
Hello World.
Chuleta is becoming obese
Growl
I am the Yeti, in fabulous hot pink!
Ana did NOT get the Puerto Rican genes telling her to get out of the snow immediately.
