*This post contains affiliate links for which I may receive a small commission should a purchase result from a click. This, in no way, affects you or your cost. Holiday shopping and gift-giving is the last thing on your mind. I get it. Let’s get […]
Amazon Prime comes around not once a year but twice! While some may think it’s overkill, I think of the impending holidays and rising prices. October 11-12th is the perfect time to start (and possibly complete) your holiday shopping. *This post contains affiliate links for […]
As many of you already know, we completed our school bus into tiny home conversion last month. We kicked into high gear so that we could celebrate the Wow Wagon warming with close friends/family in Ojai. What was supposed to be five blissful, carefree days […]
Never do I notice what a romantic I am more than when I’m doing life alone. I’m sitting alone in a booth at a dimly lit, lively restaurant in wine country, listening to a musician play classic Italian tunes on his accordion. I’m staring intently […]
Wine and cheese go together like peas in a pod, white on rice, butter on popcorn, rosé on a hot summer day, Betty White and The Golden Girls, and you get the picture. With National Wine and Cheese Day coming up on July 25th, you’ll […]
I recently became aware of the extraordinary benefits of certain types of mushrooms. Have y’all seen Fantastic Fungi on Netflix? So, I was particularly excited when I was recently assigned a freelance gig tasting and comparing two different mushroom coffees: MUD/WTR and Everyday Dose. Mushroom […]
I don’t know about you, but spring is the season in which I begin drinking more white wine – California grown white wine, to be more precise. The weather is warming, flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and my thirst for wine sometimes requires a […]
When’s the last time you traveled to San Francisco in the spring? Spring in San Francisco is like hot chocolate by a cozy fire or fall in New England. Cherry trees bloom as the divine scents of sidewalk cafés waft through the air. It’s not […]
I’m attempting Writer’s Digest’s Flash Fiction February (#FlashFictionFeb) prompts to start exercising that creative writing brain. I’ve been in super-edit mode the last couple of months, so I thought it would be a challenging and fun exercise. I’m not really a fiction writer, so that’s […]
I’m not big on Valentine’s Day. I view it as a capitalist society’s holiday void of any genuine love and affection. It’s governed by how much money one spends in the greeting card aisles and overcrowded restaurants. What I am big on are love and […]
