I always felt a really BIG birthday called for a really BIG birthday dinner celebration. I talked to my party planner (Marla) and she said…“I hate to disappoint you but we have a couple of problems.” “I understand you want to go big but we…
This Valentine’s Day card is too big to send so I’ll wish you the very best for a great day of love and happiness. And to Marla some words from an Elton John song…“I hope you don’t mind that I put…
Let me be totally honest…I really can’t wrap my brain around a BIG BIRTHDAY like this! The years have sped by so quickly. As with anyone there has been the occasional zig and zags, high mountains to climb, and a few rivers to swim without drowning…
There is a certain “je ne sais quoi” for dining experiences which stay in your memory bank year after year. These often magical moments are much more than the creative craft in the kitchen. It could be an important celebration, the unique aesthetic ambiance of the restaurant’…
This week on Facebook I asked family and friends for favorite restaurant ideas. I’ll share their choices as we travel a culinary journey far away and close to home. Pour yourself a glass of wine and let’s see what people people loved. I’ll begin…
I pulled out a medley of old photos, marketing materials, fabric work sheets, and much more from the saved boxes when we cleaned out our storage locker. I must say it was really fun to revisit these transformative times. This is a photo of me in my office next to…
I hope all of you had a happy and memorable Thanksgiving Holiday! I like to think of myself firmly in the present moment most of the time, but you’ll have to excuse my wanderings down lanes of happy memories. I’m looking through a distant lens of…
The Thanksgiving Holiday for me is a magnified reflection on all the many blessings in my life. I have been very lucky to have reached an age where almost every day is a day of Thanksgiving and of supreme gratefulness. I am very happy and thankful to have Marla as…
Our daugter Stacy is celebrating her 50th birhday! I can’t believe our youngest is having a milestone birthday! Stacy is a truly amazing wife, loving mom to 4 children, an accomplished athlete & coach, organizer, and entrepreneur. When she is passionate about something she is all in 115…
Marla and I took our grandsons Vaughan (18) and Owen (15) to Southeast Asia for a fabulous adventure last July. We took our oldest grandsons on a similar trip in 2019. Thailand was our first destination, an area we new well from both business and personal trips beginning in 1995…