The Gospel Christmas Concert Yule Log

For the second year in a row, my sister Molly organized a festive night out to attend the Oregon Symphony's Gospel Christmas concert which is a fabulous arm waving, hand clapping night of Hallelujahs, fun for believer and non-believer alike! This year my friend Danni came with me. We drove downtown to meet the rest …

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Air Travel and Air Shopping

We have returned from the honeymoon and I will write a few blogs with pictures to tell you all about it. Consider it a slide show of a trip you didn't go on delivered right to your home, that way you don't have to come all the way to my house for some fondue and …

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People and Places NYC

One of my most favorite places in NYC is now Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel. My mom loved the Madeline books "In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines, the smallest one was Madeline." Or something like that. Mom bought my daughter, Annie, …

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Adventures in NYC Arts and Culture

I left off yesterday with lunch at the No Paparazzi Coffee Shop. Today we move on to the Arts and Culture part of Maggie and Lisa's NYC Adventure. Following lunch on Friday, we went to view the Frick Collection. The Frick is a really lovely museum, the art work, the architecture, the furnishings, all beautiful. …

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And Now, the List You Have All Been Waiting For!

Here it is, the list of all the things I HAVE done. I have done half of the things from the original list. My life isn't that exciting and I'm not particularly brave as you know from the Wouldn't Be Prudent List. My point being... whoever wrote this list really should aim higher. 100 Things …

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