Our lives are novels still being written, filled with dramatic passages of strength, frailties…and love. The story contains joy and jubilation along with potholes and detours. Marla has had her share of recent potholes with a 6-night emergency hospital in Santa Rosa last August and 6-and…
I love a wonderful beach with warm soft sand and many in the “Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur” are just fabulous! Marla and I have been visiting France for many years enjoying the culture, ambiance, the people, cuisine and wines…and of course fun in the…
When I first mentioned to our good friend Lea that we were coming to San Francisco she said we must get tickets for the Guo Pei exhibit at the Legion of Honor! Marla and I spent most of our working career in decorative textiles, so we love museum fashion exhibits…
One of my favorite weekend pastimes is going to farmers markets. We have a number of good farmers markets, but Denver’s South Pearl Street Sunday market is a great one! Marla has been feeling stronger, so she loves to go now. As a bonus, Logan came along as…
Bali is often called the “Island of the Gods” and is on many wish lists for travel. Getting off the plane at the Ngurah Rai airport can be a little disconcerting as the adjacent areas are so commercialized and chaotic with traffic. Don’t be upset as…
I can’t believe this is Logan’s last High School prom. In reality I can’t wrap my head around the idea he will be off to the University of Southern California in the fall! Lisa and Ray invited a few of Logan’s friends…
We all have remembrances of dinners with family and friends over the years which we’ve kept in our treasured memory vaults. The key ingredients of those special times are often not the cuisine or the ambiance of the restaurant but the extraordinary people you were with. Going over…
I love live music in little clubs, grand concert halls, outdoor festivals, or just impromptu performances in the open air. Music is the expression of everything an artist is made of…their signature rhythmic DNA, joy & jubilation…inner conflict and turmoil, protest & revolution, awakenings and catharsis…
It’s already been discovered long ago by traveling Greeks, a few Roman emperors, Saracen pirates and even Beyonce. Positano, Capri, and Ravello inspired Frederico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, and even John Huston who loved filming here. You may hate all day-trippers piling out of tour buses for a…
In 1984 we rented an apartment in Cannes with our girls. In the evening we enjoyed fancy ice creams at many of the outdoor cafes near the harbor. While taking a photo of Lisa and Stacy one night, a young man jumped in between them and said…”I…