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Ultimate Dream Dinner — Phuket, Thailand
Posted on February 14, 2015 Leave a Comment
“Dreams are the most important ingredients in my ultimate dining experience. So many are hatched and celebrated around the dinner table. Dreams and dining intertwine in my life.” The kind people at smartling.com asked me, “if I could have or make dinner anywhere in the world, where would it be and what would I eat?” My dream […]
More thankful this Thanksgiving than any other
Posted on November 27, 2014 Leave a Comment
I sit at the fire pit where I first met him. The magic that night undeniable. There is no such magic tonight. I give a big smile to the flames and the memory and wonder why love disappears. The asking takes me back to Bali. Why is not a spiritual question Laura, my healer […]
The great escape, measuring time & The San Francisco Book Review
Posted on July 9, 2012 5 Comments
I’m back home after unplugging for a five day vacation with the family up to a lake in the Sierras. We had a blast. It’s so good to travel up to the mountains again. That lake is like a second home to us and a place my hubby’s family has been going to for generations. […]
The exploding chicken dinner
Posted on April 2, 2012 2 Comments
Sometimes you just HAVE to laugh. It was late in the day yesterday. Hubby was smoking a cigar on the deck and I was in the kitchen getting a few things ready for our BBQ. When the kids grow up these kinds of family dinners are few and far between. We live in the hills […]
Transfer Student Blog Tour | Behind The Scenes : Wish Upon A Star
Posted on March 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
Congrats to @Jwitt33 winner of today’s TRANSFER STUDENT EBOOK! Good luck to today’s tweeters 🙂 To read a review and get the scoop on today’s EBOOK/SWAG Giveaways visit the next stop on the tour, the wonderful Epilogue Review! Over the next few days I’m blogging about the inspirations/challenges of TRANSFER STUDENT. I wrote the first draft in 2006 […]
Married on Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 13, 2012 6 Comments
It was 26 years ago today that I spent my last night as a single girl. As you can imagine, I was incredibly excited. The weather was going to be perfect. As it turned out, at 5pm on Valentine’s Day in a little suburb of Chicago the snow began to fall. I like to call […]
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