Food has a way of opening its arms wide
Category: On the Road
Firenze in April -day three-
Day three is usually when jet lag hits. At least for me. After so many years of it being a pattern, it is probably now…
Pisa-Lucca in April–day two
Saturday in florence is like Saturday in any city. Locals pouring into town to do their weekend shopping and tourists milling about in large groups,…
Firenze in April–day one
I should really keep a food journal. Not in the way that you think. I don’t want it to scold myself, but to extol the…
Caramel Cake
Warm and sticky. Like a rainbow lolly half eaten, forgotten in the crease of the car seat. Three showers a day couldn’t keep me felling…
How I Celebrate
Today is my birthday. Kind of a big one, but not a milestone. If I live a nice long healthy life; today is the day…
The Holy Grail
We landed in Valencia, Spain and our first stop was at the cathedral to see what is reported to be The Holy Grail. We then…
Sweet Barcelona
Just a little bit of what we found on our walkabout town this evening. Just off La Rambla sits La Boqueria where they sell beautiful…
Granola Pancakes
I’m not sure why I seem to believe that every time I make and/or eat pancakes it is a blog-worthy event. Even I am beginning…
I love you a bushel and a peck
Nothing says autumn like a basket of just-picked crunchy, barely-sweet apples; imperfect, in need of a good shine courtesy of my shirt sleeve. There is little…