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Lifestyle posts. Food, wine, entertaining, home decor, gardening, books and more!

reality bites…

As much as I’d love to have a life where my lunch break looks like this, the reality is that most days if I get…

room with a view…Bordeaux

We arrived in Bordeaux Sunday morning, dropped our luggage at the B&B, had a quick cup of coffee while the owner marked up our map with…

room with a view…London

We arrived in London mid-afternoon Thursday, and first thing on the agenda was a blogger meet-up of course! Le Monsieur was feeling under the weather and decided…

little things add up

earrings | top | bag | bracelet | jeans | shoes   Almost daily I come across an article about stress, the insidious impact it…

wolf hall: tudor style done right

Have any of you been watching “Wolf Hall” on PBS? It’s a fascinating period of history, much written about and much dramatized. As someone who has…

friday miscellany

Just a few random things on my radar… Avocados are in season and it seems almost criminal not to partake. They’re especially good on this…

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…

las vegas confidential

I’ll be completely honest: Las Vegas is more le Monsieur’s thing than mine. But even for those who don’t come for the gambling, there’s still plenty…

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…