April 2008

I have decided that we need to have some more fun around here…and I’d like your help with that!!  I am introducing two new categories, and the best part is…they are interactive! Yep, that’s right.  It’s all about you!! Let’s…

I really love sharing recipes that are flavorful, good for you and so easy to make.  This one fits the bill.  Pasta doesn’t always have to be heavy, with filling sauces.  This one only has only a few ingredients, many…

Italy is made up of 20 different regions.  Until the 1800’s each region had it’s own dialect that was spoken.  In Tuscany, the National language of Italy was created.  It is this Italian language that is taught and is now…

  A while back, one of my readers asked me to write about my favorite spots in the Hudson Valley to find antiques.  It has taken me awhile, (bet you thought I forgot, Rose) but I think I have been…

Anne in Oxfordshire gave me a Chatty Blog Award.  Imagine that?  Me, a talkative person?  Sheesh, I guess she knows me all to well!!  Yeah, I guess I like to chat it up a bit!!  I also have chatted via…

Click on each picture to open a larger one. As promised, I have compiled another collection of some of my favorite arches in Paris.  I have my favorites, but really I am interested in what you think.  Which ones are…

  Click on the thumbnails to see a larger picture. There is something about European Architecture.  All those curved lines are much prettier and softer than severe right angles.  We have curved archways here in the US, but certainly not…

Update: Sadly, Hidden Kitchen has closed.  But the good news is the owners have opened a full-fledged restaurant/wine bar in Paris called Verjus.   Looking for something a little different in Paris?  Something…well, underground?  Can you keep a secret?  Well,…

In the last few weeks several situations have occurred that frankly, makes me question the Airline industry here is the US. It started a few weeks ago with Southwest Airlines.  Many of their planes had to be grounded for not…