Potato Latkes Redux...and A Short Photo Diary

 **Updated to include video at the end of this post**

Did December come especially fast this year?

I barely had time to finish my second helping of turkey,

when N-o-v was suddenly replaced with D-e-c.

Not only that, but I totally spaced out that 
Hanukkah comes early this year...December 6th
(Jewish holidays are always early or late, never on time). 

Not as early as a couple of years ago, 

when we had "Thanksgivukah"...

but early enough to send me into a tizzy because 
not a gift had been purchased, and the menorah

and dreidels were still buried deep in the back of a cabinet.

Now, I am running around like a chicken without a head 
trying to get it together by Sunday,
when we will have our little family celebration.

 I decided to give myself a little blog break this week, 

and bring back this recipe from a couple of years ago.

I'd only been blogging a short time, so hopefully it is "new" to most of you.

Pardon the photos in that post...I've come a long way since then!

Before you click over to the recipe,

I thought we'd catch up a bit.
Remember when I used to post my monthly photo diaries?  

I kind of miss it, but not enough to get back to it full throttle. 

Here are just a few snaps from the last few months.  

Thanksgiving at my cousin's. 
I made the turkey!

The day after Thanksgiving, Aunt Goo Shoes and I 

went to see Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway.

Unfortunately, we were both disappointed.   

Nevertheless, I think we'll make going to see a Broadway show our annual Black Friday "Tradition"

(a little Fiddler humor there, heh heh).

 Oh, deer, look who's at the bird bath.

Junior Goo Shoes got his driver's permit
(I got a few more gray hairs)!

  

Ten-year reunion in September with former colleagues in Virginia included a wine tasting at Breaux Vineyards.

Very special birthday celebration in October with my BFF, at Eleven Madison Park, one of the top restaurants in the world!

Fall tablescape that I never got to post about. Oh, well. 

Rain droplets.

Foggy morning in the backyard. 

Caught in the act. Blurry, because I took it through the window.

 ****************

I bet you thought I forgot about the latkes.

Click here for Aunt Goo Shoes' (aka my sister) recipe.
You didn't think I would make these, did you?  

Just for laughs, here's a cute video on how to make latkes.

 Latke Recipe: The Maccabeats

 

Linking With:

Let's Get Real 

Foodie FriDIY

Home and Garden Thursday 

Share Your Style