Normally I don’t get excited about cooking. I’m also notoriously poor at following through on anything. But I wasn’t about to let anything stand in the way of me and something chocolate. Voila! Here is the recipe, direct from Jamie Jarrard, the pastry chef at the Post Ranch Inn who created that amazing dessert I […]
chocolatus interruptus
When I was growing up I remember learning the expression for bad girls—who tease boys, and then don’t follow through. I was always warned not to tease; to be a good girl; and I took these warnings seriously. I also take chocolate seriously. But after the P .S. in yesterday’s post, I feel like […]
Just desserts
I’m still on dessert. But this time, much closer to home. Just 30 miles down the coast. I spent a beautiful day in Big Sur with Trudy, Cynthia and Myra— celebrating birthdays. Trudy’s is today. Mine….is….not today. Two months after the fact, after the excess of August, you’d think I’d be embarassed about this […]
Too strange for words…..
….but I think a few are needed anyway…….to explain this latest sign from the universe. I’ve mentioned my friend Susan…how our kids went to pre-school together in Los Angeles 20 years ago and we recently discovered we live a few blocks apart in Carmel…. I posted something she wrote on her birthday and a painting […]
Home Alone
You might remember, V is a morning person— I’m a hopeless night owl. I’ve tried to keep more normal hours; but I’ve pretty much given up. We manage. And today I managed to get up around the same time V does. Holy crap. It was DARK. Why anyone would do this voluntarily in a home […]
power surge
I really feel I’m home from a trip as soon as I see the ocean. The storm prevented me from getting there on my first day back–so I went today. Today’s walk brought into perspective the last two days— still without connection to the internet, television and phones. While I’ve been whining about being powerless, […]
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