September 2008

This Travel Tip Tuesday, Cherrye and I decided to collaborate on one of our favorite cities, Paris.  There are so many things to love about the City of Light, so it is hard to know where to begin, so I…

This little hilltop town perched atop the Tuscan mountains is often called Medieval Manhattan, due to its many skyscrapers that seem to be longing to touch that Tuscan sun. 72 towers were originally erected within the city walls, but fewer than…

On Monday, I posted about the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Contest, and I promised to share a recipe beginning or ending with "O", in honor of the event! You may also remember a few weeks ago that I wrote about my birthday dinner with my ladies club. One of the…

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Love Thursday post today, for a bit of self-promotion. I have a little secret to share with you all. After almost 2 years of writing this blog, and feeling the need to branch out a little, I started putting together a…

 Photo:  Molière gravesite, Père Lachaise, taken during my visit to Paris in 2005 Now, I know some of you would love to visit Paris, but for whatever reason, you just haven't made it there. Yet. Whether it be budget constraints, fear of flying, or your other-half not being much of a traveler, or solo…

  This Travel Tip Tuesday, I have decided to share some travel blogs that I love.  There are so many different types of travel blogs.  Ones that highlight a specific location, ones that offer advice, ones that report on the…

Folks, today I am here with a very important message.  Michelle, over at Bleeding Espresso along with a few others, have a contest going right now to recognize Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, which happens to be September.  More important than…

You may remember then we first talked about the Where in the World I am Going on July 4th? game, one of the clues was about street lights. Well, here is the proof in that pudding.  The first street in the U.S. to…

Hi, I am Madison.  Well, Maddie when I am good, Madison when I am not. Now, many of you have seen my pictures on my Mom's blog, but she has really never written about me. Mom's a computer hog, so…