Well folks, I promised you I would tell you at some point “what I ate Friday night” that does not include a green smoothie or anything made with chia seeds… So here it is, “what I ate on vacation in San Francisco”… such a perfectly yummy day!! My day started with this view from our …
Don’t you hate it when you’re about to go on vacation and you still have perfectly good food in the fridge? I’m talking about fresh red cherries at their peak of ripeness that you would hate to see “go begging,” as my Pa would say.
My mother put me in gymnastics when I was 7 years old, for 2 reasons: 1) because I was no good at ice-skating, and 2) so that when I was in high school I could do a back handspring and make the cheerleading squad. Little did she know that gymnastics would “take” for me, and that by …
Just as I thought I was over jet lag, I wasn’t. I slept for 10 straight hours Tuesday night and the first time I opened my eyes and looked at the clock, it was 9:14am. Whoa! This is coming from a girl whose normal wake-up time is around 5am, no alarm (it’s not virtuous, it’s …
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I’m back in the land of berries!!! Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries… I can’t get enough. As much as I love mangoes, nothing can compare to all this sweet-tart berry goodness. Just look at these beauties, doesn’t it make you drool?? So today we’re gonna have an East-meets-West, “tropics + cool climate = awesome” type of recipe. It’s …
I just experienced the longest Thursday of my life. I woke up at 4am in Manila, ready for a 19 hour trip to the US- the shortest, best connections ever!! We were scheduled for a 2:20pm arrival in Denver, perfect for getting over jet lag quickly. But what actually happened was that our plane turned …
It’s been a mango kind of a day… My friend Emilie has a mango tree in her backyard, and last fall it was sprayed so that it would flower properly and produce fruit. It was not a blessing (more like a curse!) when all the flowers fell off and clogged up her pool, but pretty amazing now …
Girl food. We all know what that is. It’s what you eat when your husband or boyfriend is traveling and you are on your own for meals. My version of girl food is all the things my husband would consider either too healthy, too light, or just too darn weird to ever call a “meal.” …
Camote Falafel with Curried Tahini Dressing… aka “Girl Food” Read More »
My children are looking forward to home leave as much or more than I am. But as I recently found out, our eager anticipation is focussed quite differently. Theda: “I can’t wait to get to the U.S.!” Sara: “I know!! Because Pa has GOLDFISH!!” Tommy: “And Cheetos!!!” Theda: “And Toaster Strudels!!!” Yes folks. These are …
International summer is upon us!! And that means the mass exodus of us foreigners living abroad, as we either relocate or merely flock to our home countries for a welcome dose of family, friends, and all things familiar. Consequently, my bootcamps are wrapping up for the season, leaving me with a scary thought: We will …
