This citrusy wine pairs perfectly with seafood and grilled chicken and would be the perfect addition to a summer picnic. Notes of white flowers, lemon, lime, tangerine and saturn peaches. About $9 a bottle.
Luxurious Retreat Tips: Maui Themed Bedroom
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photograph by Melissa Placzek When Jeff took me to Maui to celebrate my book “Chin Deep in Bubbles” coming out in paperback, he surprised me with a beautiful stay at The Ritz Carlton in Kapalua for our 10 day island vacation. After hours and hours traveling on planes to get from Minnesota to the island…
Frugal Bath & Beauty : Pina Colada Face Mask and Grand Wailea Cucumber Spa Water
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“I went to Maui to stay a week and remained five. I have never spent so pleasant a month before, or bade any place goodbye so regretfully. I have not once thought of business, or care or human toil or trouble or sorrow or weariness and the memory of it will remain with me always.”…
Wine Tasting Notes :Flying Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc
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Jeff and I just LOVE wine and going to wine tastings. At a tasting last summer we happened upon a Sauvignon Blanc that knocked our socks off. It has been, for the last year, my favorite white wine. It’s called “Flying Kiwi” and its fabulous. Go get a bottle so we can compare notes 🙂…
Luxurious Retreat Tips: Simple Feng Shui
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While writing my book, “Welcome Home“, I decided to include a page on easy ways to implement Feng Shui in your life every day. Wikipedia definition: Feng shui- (fung-shway / fung-shwee in English) is an ancient Chinese practice believed to utilize the Laws of both Heaven, (astronomy), and Earth, (geography), to help one improve life…
