Summertime in the wine business is busy. Busy in a way that is often gratifying and fun, but ultimately somewhat overwhelming. Who could complain about going to several 2-3 day food and wine events in a summer, every summer? Three days of eating multi-course meals prepared by famous chefs, drinking glass after glass of glorious wines, […]
I Blame the Gin and Tonics, or Why We Had Julia Child’s Cherry Clafouti for Breakfast
We visited friends in Eastern Washington last week and after the kids spent a couple of hours of picking from their trees, we had a boxful of beautiful fresh cherries to bring home. I haven’t decided what to do with the lion’s share of them yet – jam? chutney? Or keep it simple and just […]
What’s a Tweet Up?
Twitter has been an enigma to me. I know I’m supposed to know all things social media, but Twitter uses a different language. Not just shorthand (limit my thoughts to just 140 characters!?!) but it seems so foreign! The @ symbol and the #hashtag, retweeting and following. Oh my goodness, my head is full enough […]
June
I decided to sign up for an on-line challenge through BlogHer. It’s really just a way to give myself some structure, which seems like a good idea – now and always. It’s called NaBloPoMo. The challenge is to post something on your blog every day for a month. That’s it. They’ve given a writing prompt, […]
Stuff My Kids Say – In which a touching comment sends my on a thought journey
Like most Mama’s I adore my kids and cherish so many of the things they do – and want to scream about some of the others! Every once in a while though, they say something so touching or so funny, that I just have to tell someone. The other day Charlotte (who is eight) and […]