With the official start of summer still two weeks away, I feel as though I had a head start on the upcoming vacation season with a couple trips I took during the month of May.  Now, I am headed home … Continue reading →

It has been over four years since my daughter went off to college.  At the time, I didn’t think I would ever recover from Empty Nest Syndrome.  Slowly but surely I pulled myself together and marched on.  I wouldn’t say … Continue reading →

I have been enjoying the sweetest of days.  My niece’s Bat Mitzvah gathered family in beautiful bucolic Sonoma County, California – a place that stole a piece of my soul many years ago.  A second niece celebrated the pivotal milestone … Continue reading →

Almost a year ago to the day, I brought you this strawberry pie recipe that I made with my Mom during a trip home to Kentucky.  Spring again, home again, and my fancy turns again to strawberries.  These petite purses, … Continue reading →

I was betwixt and between, one foot lingering in San Francisco, while the other was inching its way back into my kitchen some 350 miles away.  I attended a conference in the City by the Bay this past week,  and as I sat taking … Continue reading →