I feel like I am floating amiss in the grips of the late summer Doldrums. If you don't know about the Doldrums, well, the Doldrums are t...

This weekend Sam and I became a little pickling factory. We pickled peppers. We pickled onions. And we pickled grapes. Yes, grapes. And they...

The United States if full of culture. I get so fed up with people that compare us to Europe and say that us Americans are nothing but a bunc...

My cousin Chrissie is tall and slender and lovely. That is why it is so much fun to go vintage shopping with her. She is visiting this weeke...

In addition to bread and cheese on the patio, my fourth of July weekend in Colorado also involved a foray into the world of weird dessert ba...

Ah summer, what better way to celebrate your long, warm days than with wine and cheese on the patio? Over the 4th of July I went home to Den...

Our recent trip to Southern California included the mandatory stop at an In-n-Out Burger, as I had never been, but heard about the chain eve...

The courtyard and pool, complete with a giant movie screen for "dive in movies" and hammock chairs. Two weeks ago Sam and I spent ...

I spent an entire week in the beginning of July at the Public Radio Development and Marketing Conference in San Diego. While I know that sou...

Behold the second sneak peak into my new Etsy shop. I am still not ready to debut the project in its entirety, but I have been working on i...

This month's Anthropologie catalog arrived a week or so ago to my great delight. The publication is always a beauty with good design, q...