Food & Drinks

Passover kugel recipe

Happy Pesach to those who celebrate! Here’s an easy side dish for Passover that I make every year for our family Seder. It’s rich and…

room with a view and some food

Those of you who follow me in Instagram saw this view yesterday, but it’s become a sort of bloggy tradition to share our hotel views…

not what I’d planned

I had planned to have a fresh outfit post up today, but when I went to grab my camera equipment yesterday afternoon, I realized my…

postcards from Phuket

Our first lunch stop. If the gorgeous scenery and fabulous food weren’t enough, we were serenaded by Gibbons at the nearby Gibbon rescue facility. Lemongrass…

room with a view – Hong Kong

Wow. Hong Kong is so amazing, a unique blend of old and new, Eastern and Western cultures. We spent most of our first full day…

making brisket like a bubbe

Ok, so you have to start with Coca-Cola, that tenderizes the meat. Use a whole can. Then add some ketchup, some honey, some red wine…

Goings On

As it tends to do of late, the weekend got away from me like a slippery fish. It feels like such a California cliché, but…

Low-Key

Last week was one of those “it’s always SOMETHING” times chez nous. First, le Monsieur had been  under the weather since the previous weekend with…