What does that mean? Simply that I am way behind in posts so bear with me. I will be finishing up with Switzerland then followed by a recap of Christmas in North Carolina. And then what? Who knows, but we all know that no matter what state you live in, January is the perfect month [...] Read More

After living one too many years in the South Florida town of Delray Beach, my brother John and his partner Vinnie decided to make the brave decision to get a better life. Google told them one of the best cities to move to was Asheville, North Carolina. A quick 2 hour flight from Palm Beach, [...] Read More

Since the evenings are really cold (even in L.A.), we have quite a few nightly visitors from mother nature. Some of the most faithful creatures are these three racoons who sneak up to Parker’s bowl and eat his cat food for dinner – almost on a daily basis. You can tell they are there by [...] Read More

I spent a couple hours this past Saturday working with toddlers at the Sydney M. Irmas Transitional Living Center in North Hollywood, California. This place is truly amazing – it provides safe and secure homes for clients who come from temporary and emergency shelters and require additional time to acquire sufficient independence to secure pemanant [...] Read More

Many many years ago, somewhere in the early ’80′s I liked dressing up my friends and taking pictures of them. One overcast day I was at Malibu beach with my then French boyfriend Chris and his sister Beatrice. I don’t remember what exactly the bird was doing but here is the picture. And why I [...] Read More

We found this house driving around Paso Robles – actually down this winding road that ended up leading us to a winery we decided not to go to. The house looked abandoned and you can bet my mind was already landscaping and trying to guess what room the chimney was in but even in its [...] Read More

Cozyland began when I finally found the solution to my new too-hard bed. After putting down the chunk of change needed for a new queen size mattress I could have just slapped myself when I realized that, in fact, I DO NOT like hard mattresses. I just thought they were good for my back (I [...] Read More