This is the first tale of two dinners. Both of which happened at the new patio table of Marc’s mother Marian in the French part of Switzerland in a tiny village called Bussigny in her lovely little garden. On Thursday we had flown from Barcelona to Geneva to be picked up around 10pm by Corinne [...] Read More

Is this a glorious skyline or what? The view you are looking at is from the summit of Mount Constitution on Orcas Island which is in the San Juan Island chain between Washington and Canada. Geography lesson over, now lets get on to the fun stuff! Marc’s family who live in Zurich, Switzerland decided to [...] Read More

We were recently up in Los Olivos and stopped by the beautiful Summerset Farm. Located in conjunction with Sir Gregory’s Flower stand, it stretches on and on and has such a gorgeous selection of fruits, vegetables and flowers growing. You can wander through the gardens a bit which is my favorite thing to do! The [...] Read More

Ok, this is tag #2 from my my BFF Valerie and this one, although short, took a little thinking. The object is to write a six word life memoir. Val wrote: “Life filled with LOVE, art, beauty.” For my 6 word life memoir I write: “Travel the world, all in love.” Now we wait for [...] 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

I recently returned from a wonderful super girl weekend in Annapolis, Maryland. I travelled with my very good friend Elizabeth back to the town of her alma mata, St. John’s College. By super girl weekend I mean that it was just the perfect place for 2 girls to wander around, exploring antique shops, touring gardens [...] Read More

My friend Shelly has lived in L.A. a long time and never been to Santa Barbara. I was exhausted and needed a good distraction. So at 10am last Saturday morning we hopped in the car and headed for Santa Barbara! We first stopped in Montecito, the very posh little town where Oprah has her super [...] Read More