A Happy, Wacky Childhood
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”..Agatha Christie I grew up with two parents and f...
Category: Home & Food
Home Exchange…a great way to see the world for less!
I LOVE red doors….not our exchange home, just a great Dublin door. Our kids had gone off to college and it was time to go on some adventures. I’ve always...
Funky, Fun Interior Design
Have you ever been over someone’s house and you can’t even imagine where they came up with some of their incredibly creative decorating ideas? I wa...
Mushroom Gorgonzola Soup
Aahhh…soup in the winter! It just evokes warm feelings of sitting by the fire, cup of soup in hand, just enjoying the cold weather. …or just tryi...
Balboa Island Holidays
Just wanted to share the magic of the holidays on Balboa Island with pictures…. You cannot direct the wind, but you can adjust the sail...
Pizza Mondays
I started a tradition on Monday nights when my son was probably a freshman or sophomore in high school and my daughter was in 6th or 7th grade, so about 12 or m...
Thanksgiving…my favorite holiday!
The first two arrived last Saturday….the other two on Wednesday. Both of my children and their fiancés came to SoCal from NY/NJ for the Thanksgiving hol...
Comfort Food….Whole Roasted Lemon Chicken
One of my favorite “go to” meals is a whole Roasted Lemon Chicken. When the kids were growing up it became the meal I’d make every Friday for Shabbat. I liked...
An Ode to Martha’s Bookstore
(Let me start by saying that I should have ‘pre-loaded’ each category on the blog with a couple of posts before launching, but I didn’t, so I apologize if you g...