Sparkling Northwestern

  The Road Ahead I’ve been to California once, more if you count layovers, but who wants to remember those. I was in the second grade and my family went on a trip to Disneyland and Universal Studios. I got mouse ears, ate my first churro, dizzied myself on the Tea Cups and even got [...]

Phil’s Holiday Gin and Tonic

Whether you are a reader of this site or know me personally, there is a good chance you know that despite his best efforts my husband Phil is not the best cook. He is however a bit of a mixologist and came up with the recipe for today’s post at the end of the last [...]

Negroni

Photo Courtesy of Leslie Fearon “Vorremmo due negroni per favore” was one Italian phrase I had no trouble with on our trip to Rome last November. There, we were met by our dear friends Leslie and Richard, who (lucky for us) seemed to have their collective fingers on the pulse when it came to Roman [...]