Hello!  Welcome to Macarons and Mimi!  My site is all about the two categories I loosely place most aspects of my life in: “Macarons” and “Mimi.”

“Macarons” represents the finer things in life that I love and try to make room in my budget for, or I make a budget friendly version of!  (Because I don’t know about you, but I am certainly on a budget!)  I thought the lovely, decadent, and dainty French macaron represented these interests of mine perfectly, which include travel (to Europe in particular!  Anyone else obsessed with the grand, old European cities?  Prague is my particular favorite), going out to eat (so nice to have a meal I didn’t prepare myself!), SHOPPING, fancy puff pastries and cheeses, a bottle of good olive oil, my favorite luxury brand Repetto, and of course the LADUREE macaron!

“Mimi” represents the most important things in my life, truly the heart and core of who I am.  I thought “Mimi” was the perfect name to represent this side of my life because it is the self-given nickname of my beautiful three and a half year old daughter, Mary Jeanne.  (“Mimi” was how she first began pronouncing her name when she was a year old, and the nickname stuck.  The fact that our family loves Dean Martin and we discovered his rendition of an adorable song entitled “Mimi” cemented the nickname for good!) 

The most important things in my life, represented by “Mimi” in my site’s title are: my adorable and sweet daughter, Mary Jeanne, my dashingly handsome and kind husband, Andrew, my entire supportive family and friends, preparing meals that are tasty and (mostly) healthy (I am more about portion control than taking fat, carbs, and salt out of the food I prepare), and films and movie stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. 

Classic Hollywood films and stars have been a particular passion of mine since I was nine and saw a Marilyn Monroe Barbie doll ad in a Toys R Us magazine.  I still have not lost interest!  My particular favorite stars are DORIS DAY, both Hepburns—Audrey and Katharine, Brigitte Bardot, Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Esther Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Leslie Caron, Mary Tyler Moore (one of my daughter’s name sakes), Gene Tierney, Barbara Stanwyck, Ginger Rogers, Lauren Bacall, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, James Garner, Gregory Peck, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart….I should stop now.