Santa Barbara Guide: Where to Sip, Savor and Sleep
My husband introduced me to Santa Barbara over 25 years ago as a place he loved as a child, frequenting on summer vacations, and later as a teenager, attending high…
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Rosewood Miramar Beach Hotel
The Rosewood Miramar Beach Hotel opened its doors in spring of 2019 to much fanfare in the Central California enclave of Montecito, a few miles south of Santa Barbara. Originally…
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Social Distancing Vacation in Moab
NOTE BEFORE READING THIS POST: With COVID-19 cases still rising dramatically in several states, I urge y’all to consider what is best for you and your family. While we felt…
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Three Days in Cairo
Yipee! I finally got around to working on posting about our fabulous, once-in-a-lifetime trip to Egypt. I have split it into two sections: Cairo and the Nile Cruise. The hardest…
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La Villa Bonita
I soaked the walnuts in milk and spent the next hour carefully peeling them, all the meanwhile thinking, “do people really go through this much trouble to make a sauce?” It…
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Mont Saint-Michel
During a trip to France over the summer, I was able to fulfill a lifelong dream of visiting Mont Saint-Michel, a tidal island and abbey in the region of Normandy…
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Where to Sleep, Drink and Eat in Sonoma County, CA
We just returned from a wine-soaked weekend in Sonoma County, CA, and I wanted to share with you some of my favorite recommendations! xoM Where to Sleep? Hotel Healdsburg, h2hotel,…
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texAZtastes and travels – March 12, 2018
There were too many highlights this past week to focus on just one post, so I had the idea to write a weekly wrap up. After 5 years of writing…
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Crowded House and Catalina Sounds Winery
The earliest record of grape domestication dates back to approximately 6000 B.C. in what is the present-day Republic of Georgia. A couple thousand years later, wine is cultivated in over…
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Six Reasons to Add Truffle Hunting to Your Bucket List
“It is true that all men are pigs. The trick is to tame one who knows how to find truffles.” – Lev L. Spiro “The truffle is the very…
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