Strawberry and banana crêpe

Strawberry and banana crêpe

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Would you eat this?

Smart — it figures!

I’ve been on the waiting list for a Smart car for months. The release in the U.S. of these super cute cars I love in Europe has been promised and delayed, promised and delayed.
I *just* bought a car last week, figuring the promised 2008 release date would be pushed back again.
Now, NOW, I read today [...]

Did you know you could trade livestock for a Volvo?

After coming home from Sweden three years ago I got the idea in my head that I wanted a Volvo. I traded my sporty little green MINI Cooper (6 speed! supercharged!) for a solid grey Swedish brick. And I liked it just fine.
We leased the car (my taste tends to run on the more-expensive-than-I-can-afford side) [...]

I’m an Official Prize-Winning Amateur Photographer

I entered my Sunday newspaper travel photography contest because a lot of people (well ok, pretty much just my mom) have told me some of my pictures are kind of good.
I entered a photo in each category — Faces and Places. Lo and behold I got an email today (that I almost trashed because I [...]

Crack!

I haven’t actually done crack myself, but mustn’t this be what it feels like?
Brian interviewed for and is considering taking a part time job with an airline. Those are a few words with a big punch. It comes down to two words.
Free. Flights.
I have to repeat that. Free. Flights. Anywhere this airline flies. And that [...]

Why yes, as a matter of fact, I would be happy to taste your chocolate

How nice it is to have friends in the food world. A fairly recent acquaintance of ours is the proprietor of Coco’s Chocolate Cafe on Bardstown Road. We met Fred through mutual friend Judy Witts Francini, who taught Brian and me how to cook in Florence and met Fred while he learned the art of [...]

Who’s on the Happy Train?

Athens didn’t get off to a good start and nearly ended with four stranded cruise ship passengers. I planned virtually every detail of our 21 day trip, including logistics of the 11 day cruise with Brian and friends Holly + Chas. That’s a few details, I’ll tell you. One I missed though, was how [...]

24 hours in İstanbul | Part VI

As we walked over to Topkapı Palace from the Blue Mosque, Yosef again mentioned the ceramic shop he wanted to take us to. I wasn’t keen on this idea — we had only a few more hours left in the city and I was far more interested in visiting the home of the Ottoman sultans [...]