I have got to make a point of getting to Vessel sometime in the next week or so. Just got an email reminder that they're celebrating one of the most venerable drinking establishment in the world--Harry's Bar--with signature items from their menu (beef carpaccio was created there, so the legend [...]
Last month it was South Carolina. A week with two other couples, in a rented house. Lots of lounging-around and relax time on the agenda, so games of course were on my packing list before we headed out. Yahtzee, that's easy: thin paper score sheets and 5 dice. Not much [...]
I think a new tactic I'll employ whenever travelling to a new place for the first time will be getting a pedicure on the first day there. That's how we found out about the prime location for getting our shrimp fix while in South Carolina last month. Warm weather, beaches, [...]
Endless acres of Spanish moss hanging from trees; this at the Middleton Place plantation. For a couple of months there, mid May couldn't arrive soon enough. I'm truly thankful that this year's been such a full and busy one work-wise, but the load was almost too much, lots [...]
I may be a writer by trade, making my living hooking up words. But there are times that I can't help myself, falling back on the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. So I'm going to play that card today and share with you some snaps from [...]
I guess it was two different influences that conspired to establish our menu for dinner last night. First, the Sunday trip through our beloved neighborhood grocery store, West Seattle Thriftway, where my eyes caught a "buy one, get one free" special on beautiful, boneless rib-eye steaks from Misty Isle Beef. Couldn't [...]
In a few weeks I'll be making a trip south to San Francisco, such a great city! I'm sad to say I don't get there nearly as often as I'd like despite the quick hop it is down the coast. I'd love more opportunities to explore its nooks and crannies, new restaurants and great [...]
Ok, so where was I? Ah yes, lounging in my Victoria hotel room on a lazy Saturday. This was the view at one point in the morning, typically Victoria: incoming float plane and a Black Ball ferry heading in from Port Angeles. Outgoing whale-watching trip (that bright orange boat center) and [...]
I was nearly tempted to pick up the phone on Saturday and call in. Rick Steves and his radio-show guest Don George were discussing the kindness of strangers, the subject of a book George had edited. At the mere mention of the theme”influenced, in part, by the travel-show context”I immediately thought of [...]
Sure. The definition of "splurge" has changed for many of us in recent months. But still there are, typically, two flavors of dining out. One: the casual "let's go grab a bite" occasions or getting together with friends at a favorite spot. And two, those dinners out for which there's prior planning, scouring [...]