My island holiday is coming to a close. It has been magical celebrating Christmas and New Year seaside. I am reluctant to bid the beach farewell but I know our goodbye is temporary. I will return. Before long I will once again be scouring the beach for shells and jogging along the ocean, the ... Read More
The Fun Continues…and Marinated Tri Tip (and Telluride, CO)
Where have I been, you might have wondered. On one hand, I feel like I've missed so much--blogging has become such a big part of my life over the last year that I've found myself immersed in some aspect of it everyday. On the other, the last few weeks have been so fun that each day I was away from ... Read More
A Catalina Island Adventure
If it seems like it's been awfully quite around here, it's because my husband and I took off for a few days as soon as the skies cleared up. We decided to fly down to Catalina Island, 22 miles off the coast of southern California. After visiting the main city of Avalon a few years ... Read More
Yountville: Wine Country Weekend
While I was in college in the early 1990s, I made frequent visits to Napa Valley--not to drink wine but to eat. Whenever our class schedules would permit, my partner-in-crime (aka best friend) and I would take to the scenic wine country road and spend the afternoon catching ... Read More
Remembering Summer with French Pickled Garlic (Villefranche Sur Mer)
Each time I return from a long trip I vow not to even consider going anywhere else for a while. There's something about sleeping in your own bed and settling once again into your own routine that is always welcome and comforting. Inevitably, however, wanderlust strikes and I start to ... Read More
High Desert Crab Cakes with Avocado Relish, Roasted Red Pepper Sauce and Lemon Aioli
When May comes around each year, there's only one thing on my husband's mind: Camping. By this time, most of the snow would have melted from the higher elevations and average daytime temperatures are in the mid-70ºF range. I had never gone camping until my husband took me for the first ... Read More
