I know, it has been WAY too long since I have been posting.  I have been super busy and loving Instagram as my social media platform. W...

El Nino hit the Bay Area with a vengeance over the weekend.  The storms are predicted to continue off and on through the end of the we...

The San Francisco Bay Area is made up of micro climates.   You could drive one hour in any direction from San Francisco and experience...

It’s a new year of kicking it off with the Secret Recipe Club .  For January, I received Heather’s blog called – It’s Yummy to My Tum...

I believe Colonel Mustard did it in the dining room with a candle stick . Do you love the game CLUE?  I grew up playing this imaginativ...

It is hard to believe it has been just a week.   A week since our little Max went to heaven. Max came into our home when he was just 8 ...

Back in December I made the most magnificent biscuits.   After visiting the biscuit bender 6 months ago in the San Francisco Ferry Bu...

Weekend mornings at our house are sometimes quite frankly lazy days.   Hubby and I work long hours all week and come the weekend, it ...

Okay if you are like me, you love bread.   Say it – I LOVE BREAD!  Did you actually say it – if you did, I am giving you a virtual hi...

Each time I visit Yountville I must wait in the long line at Bouchon Bakery.  At first, you may think that it will be eternity until yo...

On Saturday hubby sent me a text that a Boeing 777 crashed at SFO.   At first, I could not believe it.  Knowing that he was flying hi...

In the heart of Napa Valley resides Long Meadow Ranch (LMR).   This 650-acre home ranch produces both wine and food in the Napa Va...

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.   When life gives you ripe bananas, make banana bread.  When you want to kick up banana bre...

It can’t be September already?  Why does time seem to fleet past us at such a rapid pace? It is approximately the third Monday of eac...

Sunday mornings around our house often are quite relaxing. Breakfast is an important event, especially to my hubby. The idea of a Sunday...

Rise and shine. Not quite the words you may want to hear too early on a weekend morning, unless you are an early riser. However if y...

Saturday morning. It is one of my favorite days of the week. It is nestled perfectly in between the end of one week and the beginning ...

The long holiday weekend is coming to a close. Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September th...

This is the second time that I have participated in The Secret Recipe Club . I had such a brilliant experience with the initial time and ...