musings about food, travel, creativity and life
While visiting a friend in Palm Springs recently, I had an “interesting” day. Throughout the day, three different people told me my hair was beautiful and asked if it were natural—ah, yes, I answered, both in curl and color. One even asked if she could […]
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear readers❣️ I’m sending much love and appreciation your way and hope the day fills your heart with joy. […]
We had been talking for quite a while about going to one of our favorite foodie destinations—Gayle’s Bakery and Rosticceria in Capitola (home to my all-time favorite biscottis!)— to hear the Hot Club Pacific Jazz group which performs there every Thursday evening. Finally, we did […]
So…there we were in Grocery Outlet buying a bag of popcorn for the road when I saw the “home decor” item in the photograph above. I had to have it. It seemed like a perfect reminder of what made our recent week in Tucson and […]
Here we are in Madison, Wisconsin, enjoying all the summer fun this town offers. The weekly Saturday Farmers’ Market around the Capitol building is one of my favorite activities. All the shoppers and lookers walk counter clockwise around the square, slowly, which makes it easier […]
We just returned to Madison from a two week escapade to London and Paris, our first international trip since the pandemic. Oh, my. It was filled with all the “Joie de Vivre” elements I love about travel, and life: ⋅great food,⋅beauty, art, fashion, ⋅wonderful people, […]
We are currently in Madison, Wisconsin, where autumn has a certain zing. It could be that it’s a university town with youthful energy everywhere; it could be the Farmers’ Market that overflows with sunflowers and dahlias, pumpkins of all sizes, apples and cheeses of […]
Hi Blog Readers— I don’t know about you, but during the summer I tend to cook less…and here in Sun Valley, especially so—“So many restaurants, so little time!” But I did indeed prepare a Boursin Cheese-Cherry Tomato Pasta dish the other night that a […]
We just returned from a 10-day adventure to visit friends and places we love in Oregon. It was heartwarming and fun! So here is a mini-travelogue of some destinations and activities just in case you happen to find yourself in Oregon… ♥ In Ashland… […]
“No one is born a great cook; one learns by doing.”—Julia Child 🧡 Of late, my cooking has needed some inspiration. I’d fallen into too many […]
“Fun”—that’s what the tag on my travel bag says. Thankfully, I have had much of it on our East Coast trip. In between the cornerstones of loving times with family and friends have been unique on-the-road discoveries, many of which centered around food—what a […]
”Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” —James Beard I love traveling—here, there, everywhere. Right now, we are in Madison, Wisconsin, where […]