A HOLIDAY PROPOSAL IN PORTLAND

It was the night before Christmas Eve and all through the house I was baking up a storm for a Christmas Eve soirée Michael and I were planning to host. Here in Portland it has been a snowy wonderland and the local news coined the storm ‘Arctic Blast ‘08.’
While we where getting ready Michael said [...]

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Finding Christmas Spirit in Bali

I am really struggling to write a holiday post from Bali. What holiday is it again? My husband is still away at work in Sumatra. There have been no carols playing in the stores, no Christmas trees, no chilly bite in the air, no egg nog or pumpkin pie. No cuddling by the fire, watching [...]

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Edible Celebrations in Mendocino

I was thumbing through a winter issue of New York Magazine a couple of weeks ago. thinking about what I REALLY wanted to eat for a holiday meal, and happened upon an eye-popping photo of a bowl of bourride – to call it a fish stew does not do it justice – this one brimming [...]

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Paris: The Eiffel Tower Wears Bleu

Holiday post from Paris by Julie Vetter. 2008 photos of Eiffel Tower, Grand Roue, Parisian bakery.

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