December 4, 2025   A new Holiday Perspective  Christmas. Some people love it. Some people don’t. I am always vaguely disgruntled when I see Christmas decorations up the day after Halloween. We barely had time to count how many pumpkin cookies we had left at the bakery. But the rush is always on. A panicky feeling takes over that perhaps I too should be in a hurry or I’ll miss out on something.  I don’t think choosing to do something because it saves time is necessarily the b

October 1, 2025                           Fall  in Cincinnati ….. the best place on earth?     It’s always a debate with me. Is Spring or Fall the best season? But right around mid- September, it’s always Fall, especially in the beautiful Midwest. I was just out in the real West visiting my niece for her 50th Birthday. It seems like whenever I’ve gone to Denver it always looks about the same, except for winter. Brown barren land punctuated by a flurry of trees, big blue skies

August 20, 2025 This is Leah. Some of you may already know her. She has interviewed hundreds of future brides over the last few years helping them to sort through the details of one of the many daunting tasks undertaken as they plan their wedding.……… in our case, the CAKE!  This picture of Leah makes me smile. Here she is in her wedding dress  at the reception consulting with Alison, who was taking the photo, also a past  Bonbonerie wedding cake coordinator and recent bride,

June 9, 2025 Father’s Day is almost here. My Father’s birthday is June 10th, so we celebrated everything about him in the month of June.  Dads are easy. A kiss on the cheek, a small box of golf tees or a promise to wash his car was all we needed to do to wish him happiness or to thank him for being our dad. I’ve recently been introduced to the newest technological feature of my phone which is that it randomly brings up a photo from the past. I’m not sure why Apple feels compe