Pomato Revival

I’m not ashamed to admit defeat. My garden this year was a total flop. My theories: 1. A little of me being a bad mom. Busy schedule, not pruning, watering, and feeding them enough. I’m not about to get nominated for any gardener-of-the-year awards. 2. A little of the weather. It’s been so, so hot […]

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My pal Andrea is an amazing illustrator, cartoonist, and all-around kick-ass artist. She’s also a fellow Siciliana with stories to tell. Months ago, when Pomato Revival was still just a glimmer of an idea, I stumbled upon this cartoon on her blog. I still can’t get over how perfect it is. That floral housecoat, that […]

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We spent last weekend at a lake house in the Berkshires celebrating my sister-in-law Katherine’s birthday. Our days involved floating on the lake, beer and ribs on a pier, hiking, ice pops, fondu, a living room dance party, and pistachio cake. All in all, the perfect weekend away from the city. It was the first […]

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Guys, today’s the day. I’m thrilled to introduce Pomato Revival’s first guest blogger: None other than my sister-in-law, Katherine Sungarian Gagliano. Much as we Gaglianos are livin’ the Sicilian-American dream, the Sungarians have been rockin’ the Armenian-American dream since Katherine’s parents immigrated from Bulgaria in the 60’s. She is a master at keeping their heritage […]

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I’ve been working on my own garden of sorts this summer. I originally had high hopes for planting in the ground, but I ended up with pots along the edge of our tiny urban “lawn” after a difference of opinions with my neighbor on who can plant where. Fine. I’ve moved on. It started innocently […]

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I’m not one to obsess over the day I have kids. I’m excited about it eventually, yes, but I’ve tried not to latch on to ideals of how I plan to raise them, or what I swear I will or will not do as the perfect parent. Lord knows I’ll probably start messing up my […]

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