Category Travel
Third time’s a charm
Three days from today, we will be on a plane. Wanna know where we are headed? Here’s a clue: That’s right — our long-overdue and twice-cancelled month in Europe is actually happening this time. For those of you who don’t remember, Mom and I were headed to Italy in early March of 2020 to spend […]
Travel in the Time of COVID
(With apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez) It used to be so easy; you searched for a deal on a flight, booked accommodations, dug out your passport and any foreign currency leftover from your last European adventure, went to the airport and subjected yourself to screenings and pat-downs, got on the plane and woke up in […]
Countdown to Italy 2020
Five weeks from today, mom and I will be in a last-minute frenzy of packing for another adventure. That’s right, we’re heading back to Italy! This time, we’ll spend the month Lucca, a town in western Tuscany about 30 minutes from Pisa and 40 minutes from the Mediterranean coast. We weren’t planning on doing another […]
Blood orange marmalade — it’s like spring in a jar
You can only make so many batches of blood orange sorbet, or plates of blood orange and arugula salads before you find yourself wondering how to best preserve these wonderful and short-lived fruits for year-round enjoyment. Which brings me to Blood Orange Marmalade.
Pinterest turns everyone into Martha Stewart
With Pinterest, even the most domestically challenged of us can transform ourselves into the ultimate Domestic Diva. Our fantasies of a Martha Stewart lifestyle, surrounded by chalk painted vintage dressers, mercury glass votives and gorgeous, one-of-a-kind holiday centerpieces are made possible, thanks to the ease of setting up a Pinterest Board.
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