Outdoor spaces at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Our garden needs help. We have a plan from a landscape architect but she went on sick leave and didn’t leave us with much of an action plan. The rough […]
Our garden needs help. We have a plan from a landscape architect but she went on sick leave and didn’t leave us with much of an action plan. The rough […]
Over the Christmas holidays, I ran into Clotilda*. She is a really smart and funny gal I used to work with, back in the day when I had an income […]
The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz My rating: 4 of 5 stars Sherlock Holmes has always been my favorite detective. I first read The Hound […]
I have been in heady book hangover since I finished How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. I didn’t want to start another book until I stopped […]
The problem with reading a lot before you write is that things get jumbled up. I recently finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and the narration style of that story […]
I wish I would have known about Writing Month earlier in my life. Last year was the first time that it entered my consciousness and I found out, this is the most fun […]
“If you’re afraid of butter, use cream.” ― Julia Child “This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and […]
We were so glad when this little Trattoria showed up in EatRome , mostly because it was the only recommended Trattoria within miles of our hotel. Although the restaurant was very busy, […]
Last year our hotel sent us to the Trattoria Montecarlo and we loved it so this spring we wanted to make sure we had a chance to enjoy a meal […]
We wandered into Lucca looking for Enoteca CaLasto which we had read about in the Tuscany for Foodies app that Wandering Italy released in March 2011. This little shop far […]
I have pledged to read 50 books this year and I am finding, after only 7, if I hop right to a new book I am not truly able to […]
At first, I thought there was a sinister meaning behind the stickers {insert memory of X-File episode here} but with a little help from my (smartest) friend Google I now […]