I hope you had a nice start to the New Year. We welcomed 2013 at the beach with friends and a bonfire followed by a trip to our favorite citrus grove. We spent the rainy afternoon picking fruit and letting the kids enjoy nature, mud and all. The best. It is that time of year when we ...
I must admit to you that the last few weeks I have been crazed. Moved by the positive reviews my book has been receiving (read here, here, here, here, here)... ... but also learning what it takes to put my work out there for the world to see and read. I know I do that every time ...
At the end of October we traveled to Seattle where I had a few book-related events. We turned it into a family vacation where Jon and Miren could experience real autumn weather and colors. The colors. They took my breath away. I had never been in Washington during October and from what I had gathered, there is a ...
Back in July, right in the middle of summer, I styled and photograph a soup story for the November issue of Coastal Living magazine. Comforting and cozy soups (some not gluten-free, which I ended up adapting for myself) that I knew I would come back to once colder months arrived. And I did. Salmon chowder, chicken and ...
The Pacific Northwest was good to us last week. The crisp air of autumn had not yet arrived in Florida and I found myself becoming more and more irritable as I kept seeing images of falling leaves and apple trees elsewhere as I continued to escape the excessive heat. I needed a change and a trip to ...