Shopping for Hardware
It all started over a doorstop. Really it started in the hardware store over a door stop. The blizzard cold weather, Christmas 2003 in the South of France, witnesses our…
Read moreDiner’s Delightful
Diners and Cafe’s are integral to the lives of Texans and since I spent time in that bastion of heat, cowboys and football, I love a great place to eat…
Read moreKnights of the Vine Progressive Dinner
Under cloudless blue skies, 70 degree Carmel weather (shhh! don’t tell!) and a backdrop of towering pine trees, Troubadours of the Knights of the Vine, progressed through the fabled streets…
Read moreGalante Vineyard, Blue Skies Smilin’ at Me
Blue skies smilin’ at me Nothin’ but blue skies do I see Blue days, all of them gone Nothin’ but blue skies from now on Irving Berlin wrote the words…
Read moreConde Nast, take note!
The Daily Beast and Conde Nast recently named the 7 best 4th of July parades in the US. From Bristol, Rhode Island to Aptos, in Central California as well as…
Read morePost Ranch, Big Sur
Minions have written about Mickey Muennig’s visionary architectural Big Sur retreat Post Ranch. Lunch at the famed resort with Chef John Cox late last Spring was an event worthy of sharing. …
Read moreNew Generation
Joseph P. Kenney III was the guest of Martina and Kim Bowersox, Monterey CA and I was invited to hear him speak about Foreign Affairs. The affable yet powerful Kennedy name…
Read moreCool enough for Chicago’s Aviary?
“You and Dad are simply not COOL enough to go to this place, Mom.” Well, since I have lived my life by the hair of a good challenge, we were…
Read morePoodle Day, Carmel CA Oct 5, 2013 OOdles of Fun!
“What an unusual color for a Poodle,” precocious five year old Grace exclaimed. “Everyone knows all poodles are pink!” Nor Cal Rescue’s third annual Poodle Day in Carmel proves Grace…
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