THERE’S NO SIBLING RIVALRY HERE! THE UPPER TOMATOES ARE BEING IN GROWN BY MY BROTHER JOHN IN ASHEVILLE, NC AND THESE LOWER SLICED BEAUTIES ARE COURTESY OF SISTER LISA IN THOUSAND OAKS, CA! HOW GORGEOUS ARE THESE? AND I BET THEY TASTED JUST AS DELICIOUS. WE ALL KNOW SOME SALT, PEPPER AND A LITTLE EXTRA [...] Read More

These babies are growing in my brother John’s garden in Asheville, North Carolina. Can’t wait to see them in a week or so and to hear how they taste! And then of course what he’s gonna do with them aside from vine to plate with olive oil, salt and pepper! Meanwhile, lets see some more [...] Read More

Meet Mighty. His name needs no explanation. I thought my cat Al was substantial but just look at those paws! Mighty has just moved from Florida to Asheville, North Carolina with his parents, John and Vinnie and a ton of brothers and sisters: Oscar, Gigi, Stretch, Majic and Willy (dogs) and Lily, Debbie, Sassy, Esmerelda, [...] Read More

My dear dear friend Valerie sent me this and I just love it! Aside from the fact that it is beyond adorable and what every mom wants to see when she comes in to check on how her little girl and friends are doing there is a back story here. Less than one year ago [...] Read More

Marc’s mom has a stunning collection of photos on her flickr collection that she recently took in the Swiss French part of Switzerland where she lives. This is how winter SHOULD look! I miss snow (ok, but only a little bit, I do freeze quite easily!!!) I absolutely LOVE this picture, like fresh cotton growing [...] Read More

This holiday season my siblings and I decided (finally) to do away with gift giving, no longer have that mountain of presents which takes hours to buy and unwrap (yes friends, I still love the rustle of paper…) and just donate that money to charity. As we are a huge animal charity family each of [...] Read More

No sooner did we get out of our pajamas after recooperating from the night at Ryan and Elizabeth’s than it was time to put on more party clothes and head on out to Lisa and Neil’s in Thousand Oaks! My sister and her husband really put out an impressive spread for their Sunday 4-7pm get [...] Read More