Teatrekkers could be seen last night at the first of our 2012 Winter Salon evenings. With a dozen friends we learned from Mary Lou and Robert Heiss (the authors of four really excellent books) just a tiny bit about Chinese teas: its origins, how and where what we were tasting was grown, how to brew [...]
This post is long overdue – but I imagine anyone reading this has likely too much on their plate as well!! But what’s in your cup? When hubby and I were recently in Savannah, we went on a Foodie Tour – more about that another day, and one of the places we stopped was Perk [...]
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…a great day in Savannah that is! We had a quiet beginning because we both had some work to do and the weather report was for rain. Indeed it was raining. We started out about lunch in light rain and visited the Savannah Historical Museum and the SCAD Museum of Art. This first picture is [...]
This is a photo of a cake my daughter made for her daughter’s third birthday which we celebrated just 3 days ago. I’m posting here to celebrate another birthday as well – to my hubbie of 37 years. I was with him at his 21st birthday and here we still are! Life is deeply appreciated [...]
Although not everyone is a fan of Dear Abby, this is one of my favorite pieces about Thanksgiving day. “Today is Thanksgiving Day, so take a few minutes to reflect upon all the things for which you are thankful. How’s your health? Not so good? Well, thank God you’ve lived this long. A lot of [...]
We had a great train ride through the Chunnel from Paris to London. It’s actually a rather “boring” ride in terms of the scenery (and at least 1/2 hour is spent in the tunnel). We enjoyed first class and were served a nice luncheon type meal while enjoying cozy seats. I was worried about my [...]
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Goodness, that was a long stretch without posting, wasn’t it? Hope you are all checking back in! We have just arrived in Paris from a week cruising on the river Rhone and Soane. This is the boat when we arrived in Arles. It was a small boat holding only about 125 people with, best we [...]
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Buena dias! Well, the two of us decided to take a little walk last night after classes until the tapas bars are open (You cannot eat anywhere until 8 pm here). A classmate had told us he had found a bar with Guiness on tap. We were up for a beer with some substance (beer- [...]
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Although yesterday and today we did and will do some lovely sightseeing; we also had to deal with some practical matters. Thursday we had to go back to the train station to get our train reservation for Sunday when we go to Granada. What a madhouse! Thursday was a state holiday – something about Santa [...]
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Yesterday I went grocery shopping – no great news to anyone! But, this trip is having a very fascinating effect on our daily lives. For most of my adult life, and most importantly when raising two children, grocery shopping is usually done every two weeks. I’m systematic about it: thinking about what’s in fridge and [...]
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