December 2008

Just in case you might be the slightest bit interested… A few months ago I told you about an article about Flea Markets.  If you haven't read it, you can still read it here. Well since then, I have cranked…

I love food.  Good food.  Pretty food.  Healthy food. It is an extra special treat to find heart-shaped foods.  I think Mother Nature grows 'em that way to let us know they are especially good. Around the holidays it is…

I think you know by now that I am constantly finding myself trying to use up food before it, ahem, well, before I can't use it anymore. This week, three lovely, yet just this side of sad tomatoes still attached…

It’s that time of year again.  The holidays are upon us and it’s more important than ever to use those pennies wisely when it comes to gift-giving this season.  The ecomony is in the tank, ya know. Not all of…

This is quite a surreal experience for me.  I have owned, no worshiped, the book The Paris Apartment for the last 8 years.  I have referred to it on many occassions.  Then one day the author made a comment on…

  Todays installment of Travel Photo Friday features photos from my friend Elke,      who is German.  You may remember her from an interview I did that you can read        here or when I featured her in…

1.CURLS and HEART, 2. Mother Nature's Heart, 3. ♥ K loud, 4. Bleeding Heart, 5. heart of nature, 6. Total Eclipse of the Heart, 7. Heart on a Thistle, 8. Heart of Stone, 9. captured heart.., 10. Nature Hearts 088,…

‘ Today I’m sharing yet another fabulous French recipe from Ina Garten’s cookbook, Barefoot in Paris.  This one is a staple in our house.  It is easy, delicious and uses ingredients that are readily available.  And in case you didn’t know, salmon, with all…

Rome is a cultural mecca. There are so many things to do there.  You could spend a lifetime (and a fortune) trying to conquer it all.  But you don’t have to spend a king’s ransom to feel like you have…