Entertaining Recipes — Food, Family, Good Times . . .

I’m very lucky to have a secret weapon in the entertaining department — came in handy when we had the houseguests this week. And what’s in that arsenal? Why, Pater makes a mean paella, and…

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Just down the Road — Weekend Getaway

These irises are not in my garden (I wish!) but are part of the landscaping at thelovely waterfront hotel we stayed in Saturday night in Victoria. Our son and GF have some good connections in…

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Paris Retail Challenges my Capsule Wardrobe Plans

Une Femme has a great article onpacking toiletries/cosmetics for carry-on. My own preparations were detailed way back here. I can happily report back that while I did have to buy new hair products in Paris,…

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Mais franchement . . . travel wardrobe revisited . . .

I’ve already shown you the camera’s evidence that I shouldn’t belt my Burberry trench and I’ve also already posted a travel wardrobe evaluation at the halfway point of our six-week trip. At that point, the too-bright…

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Paris Shutters

Lately, all my post-writing begins with uploading photos — on this wee netbook (and with recent problems I’ve encountered with Blogger), it’s been easier that way. But it has the effect of allowing the visuals…

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