Her birthday falls on the the eve of St Nicholas and since I was raised celebrating this holy event, invariably I spend inordinate amounts of money buying her gifts and thoughtful delicious treasures. This year I surprised her with a new coat from London Fog, an accompanying scarf from a little boutique I adore in the Marais in Paris, the most recent National Book Award winning book, which I loved, a box of chocolates from ChocolateSommelier.com, a fabulous online chocolatier and a box filled with all the things she cannot buy in France, including chocolate chips, brown sugar, coffee creamer and people who are nice. I hope she enjoyed it all.
