“They are not long, the days of wine and roses; Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for awhile, then closes within a dream.” ~Ernest Dowson We enjoyed this beautiful, bright wine poolside a few nights ago and declare it PERFECT for summer picnics, soirees and date nights. It tastes like pink grapefruit and…
“I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer in a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad.” ~Diana Barry Anne of Green Gables There’s a sweet little restaurant and tearoom in Lake City Minnesota called The Chickadee Cottage that I visit at least a few times a year with family and…
rain I step outside onto a kaleidoscope made of glass born of a brown paper bag once pregnant with remnants physical pieces of memories now shining brilliantly with water dappled with sunlight a jagged triangle of rosebud china from my first set a piece of a teacup I remember playing tea dolls with dirty ringlets…
~Amish Oven Fried Chicken~ This is an easy, amazingly delicious, recipe for Amish oven fried chicken. It’s full of flavor, crispy, and the drippings make the best gravy on the planet. It’s wonderful hot or cold. We love this served with fresh tomato salad, macaroni salad, buttery country biscuits, and peach pie for dessert! Now…
~luna salad~ I thought, in celebration of the “Full Thunder Moon,” the only full moon this month, I would post one of my favorite salads called “Luna Salad.” My sister Robin shared this recipe with me a few years ago, and we just love the combination of flavors. Crisp, bright spring greens, chewy craisins, crunchy-sweet…
This past weekend we got our little pool set up in the back yard and bought a market umbrella for our deck table. We spent a lot of time out there, sipping vino, lazing “pool side”…and we took time to go on a date. We walked up to the Veranda Restaurant at the St. James…
The last day of our vacation was upon us…it arrived too soon, but we made the most of it. Breakfast at The Ocean View Cafe, shopping in Manhattan Beach and ice cream at the Manhattan Beach Creamery. Here are some scenes from our day. Enjoy. ~Melissa
knobby twigs mossy terracotta pots in neat rows filled with rich soil fragrant with life roots reaching deep towards the planet’s core somehow sensing the source green tendrils coiling filled with chlorophyll straining with all their might towards the sun in the opposite direction a buzzing batallion gathering sweet nectar scattering pollen the rose geranium…
On the fourth of July we were pretty much convinced that we should stay on the resort. Have you ever experienced the craziness that is California rush hour? It sucks. Not. Gonna. Lie. and on a holiday? um…no way. We were happily staying in for the day. So, how happy for us that our resort…
I don’t know about you, but I’m seeing a pattern here…Ocean View Cafe for breakfast, beach time, pool time (all of these things, every day? Yup.) So because I don’t want to bore you with the same things over and over, I’ll just tell you right now, we had this sandwich twice. And I loved…