Remember when your parents used to take you out for soft ice cream during the summer? Back East we had Dairy Queen but here in Eagle Rock, Ca. it’s Foster Freeze . The one we went to on Eagle Rock Blvd. seems to have been around forever! Talk about nostaligia! What a riot to see [...] Read More

Marc and I treated ourselves to a 4 day extended weekend visiting Portland, Oregon. We didn’t mind that it rained a little 3 of the 4 days but we sure were happy on that Sunday when we planned on visiting the Willamette wine valley – a 45 minute drive from Portland – to have nothing [...] Read More

Happy 2008 everyone! I finally get to cross something BIG off my “bucket list” and that was finally seeing the Grand Canyon! Ok, so it’s hardly cozy, more like awe-inspiring and what a fantastic adventure we had! Marc’s sister Corinne and mother Marianne flew in from Zurich, Switzerland stayed several days in Santa Monica where [...] Read More

Look how tiny and perfect this Christmas cake I found at Auntie Em’s is! I want this for the holidays!!!! Auntie Em’s on Eagle Rock Blvd, Eagle Rock. The best! Read More

I grew up back east in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Maybe you know the area – towns like Bryn Mawr, Devon, Paoli and Berwyn, aka The Mainline. What does Mainline Philadelphia bring to mind? LaCoste polo shirts, Sperry topsiders, FairIsle sweaters and on and on. Very preppy! And come Christmas I loved seeing how many [...] Read More