“Good-Bye 2013” Instagram Video

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year that is healthy, wealthy and wise without having to go to bed early.

xoxo,
Marilyn
Music – Best Day of My Life – American Authors

The Start of Something Wonderful

Float On 2011

For me, as I think it is for most of us, New Year’s Eve is a time to look back as well as forward. Auld Lang Syne and all that.A little melancholy mixed in with the champagne and noisemakers. A cocktail of sweet vermouth and bitters strangely mixed to a balance. 36 years ago tonight I stood on a float for the Rose Parade and waited while the preliminary judging took place which would decide my fate of how my… [Read More]

Decorating Desserts For New Year’s Eve

new year eve individual cheesecake-213

I have an easy dessert decoration to share with you for New Year’s Eve.You can make any round dessert look like a clock by using candy coating chips. I made individual Kahlua cheesecakes with an Oreo cookie crust in fluted tart pans with removable bottoms but any dessert will do.Turning over the coating chip to the bottom side gives a nice flat surface to pipe Roman numerals on. The hands of the clock were made by piping coating chocolate onto… [Read More]