~baked italian salad~ This is a wonderful salad to serve when you have an abundance of tomatoes in your garden. It’s best served well-chilled, with Italian boule or French baguette and a glass of crisp, white wine. Oil a deep, 10 inch, glass pie plate with 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil. Slice 8-10 ripe…
“On Saturday afternoons they explored. They found their own tea shop with their own table- their own streets.” ~Katherine Masefield This morning my friends and I met for tea at Wisteria Twig Tea Room to celebrate Nancy’s and Jane’s birthdays. Our friend, Rita Dannser, moved her beautiful tea room from Lake City to Red Wing!…
Can you believe summer vacation is over? Did you get everything on your “summer list” accomplished? I sure didn’t. I’ll put the last few unfinished items back in the summer folder and unearth them when June rolls around again. I am astounded by how quickly time passes. Yesterday was the first day of school for…
“Probably the most memorable aspect of the lodge is the wondrously painted 30 x 80 foot dining room. Antoine Goufee, a French artist, painted Cree Indian designs over the walls and the twenty-foot-high domed ceiling (resembling the shape of a canoe). Guests marvel at its originality. “It’s straight from an Agatha Christie mystery novel,” wrote…
Remember when the quiz called “getting to know your friends” was floating around on the internet a few years back? My friend Dana just posted her, I LOVE Quizzes entry on ChinDeep as a guest blogger a few days ago and it made me think about this little quiz that got it all started for…