Karen's Castle

my fave fireplace photo..taken in Hershey PA

My facebook page is under site maintenance they say. Been unavailable for me to log onto since early this morning. No real response from facebook about this. Did a search and found that other people have had this issue. Could be unavailable for days! Hmmm. to be continued.

Welcoming to the world Miss Hailey Lynn 6 lbs and 15 oz.!

Valentine Dinner Menu was NY Strip Steak with Chocolate Wine Sauce, and dessert, chocolate torte and chocolate dipped strawberries. Pics of tablescape below.

another  pic !

Happy Valentines Day :) Just had a bfast of pumpkin pecan waffles! Looking forward to a nice dinner. (tomorrow start the diet :) Photos of tablescape to come later.

Beach pic by my friend Karen G of Bayport ! so pretty!

Snooow.

Over two feet of snow..posting some pics.

We are indeed snowed in. It's a winter wonderland here..been snowing since last night.Waiting for Richard to send me some pictures he took a little while ago! Stay tuned.

Two possible recipes for a special Vday dinner..here's either beef tenderloin with chocolate-wine sauce or filet mignon with roquefort chive sauce. Making one of these for Vday. Not sure which! Surprising Richard.. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_281571_RECIPE-PRINT-FULL-PAGE-FORMATTER,00.html http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/roasted-beef-tenderloin-with-rosemary-chocolate-and-wine-sauce-recipe/index.html  Hope these links work. If not let me know :-) Thinking chocolate dipped strawberries for dessert.    

If anyone is reading this :-) I changed my settings (I think, new to this) to try to allow anyone to post a comment, even though you may not be registered as a gmail or with google!

ABC TV 6 in Philly just posted my snow pic of the tree below..on their website of snowtographs!

Some of you have emailed me saying that you have been trying to 'follow' me but can't because Google is preventing you from signing on with your email address. Wanted you to know I appreciate you trying!

So pretty !

Still snowing here ..so far about 12 or so inches..figuring we will have 15 inches before it ends..!

Found an easy brownie tart recipe on Food Network -- From Ina Garten's Barefoot in Paris.. just sharing http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_31380_RECIPE-PRINT-FULL-PAGE-FORMATTER,00.html

Megan loves stuffed animals!

 Adam, Jenn, Megan! Unc Richard make a wonderful meal of tortillas with rice, beans, guac, cheese, chicken and the whole enchilada :-) Adam's post bday and Richard made a chocolate devils food cake with mocha buttercream frosting. Yum!

Miss Megan looking cute :-)

Miss Megan!

Niece Miss Megan with Aunt Karen!

A sand castle cake!

Here's a pic from an award recognition program I produced for a long time client.

My first blog! Just testing to see if this really works! This pic on right was taken about 4 years ago..in atlantic city on the boardwalk..thought appropriate to show considering I have worked in and around the production world for many years! These props have since been removed from the boardwalk :-( but this is a fun pic to have nevertheless! My blog will most likely be a mix of info..personal and professional. Stay tuned!