School’s out for summer! We’re all singing Alice Cooper and celebrating glorious summertime. We’re also celebrating because summer means…birthday season for our family. My husband’s birthday was a few days ago. Derek loves cheesecake. You can tell we all had fun with this one. My daughter did the decorating and my son helped with the candles. Derek’s …
Happy Birthday Aunt Ann!! Celebrating with a reunion in Galveston!
My Aunt Ann recently celebrated her seventh birthday. Festivities took place in her hometown of Galveston, Texas. It was wonderful seeing all the cousins play, laugh and sleep. Living in North Texas, Galveston is our closest beach…our home town beach! We stayed in a beachfront home in Galveston’s Beachtown. The Beachtown houses are like sand castles come …
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Art and Appetite (and blueberry muffins)
What are you up to this weekend? If you have a chance, this is the last weekend to enjoy the Amon Carter’s mouthwatering exhibition of over sixty paintings that explore the art and culture of food and dining in America. Think…cookies, cakes, fruit, turkey and the pure joy of the visual feast…all guilt-free. Fort Worth’s Amon …
Graceful Grace of Monaco
Grace Kelly is loved for being a movie star icon and a princess. Born in 1929, she came from an upper class Irish family in Philadelphia and was extremely well educated along with her three siblings. She was the daughter of a self-made millionaire who was a socially enthusiastic brickworks owner and Olympian, Jack Kelly. Grace’s Dad was a champion …
Aim True with Kathyrn Budig
(Photo by Jasper Johal) My husband asked me the day before my workshop with Kathryn Budig, “Are you excited?” “Yes, super excited!” Everyone has a secret pleasure. Mine involves running off to my favorite yoga studio to recharge my batteries and find my happy place. Kathryn Budig is well known yoga teacher and writer. She has a playful …
Romy Schneider: Greatest Actress of all time
Romy Schneider was only introduced to me within the last couple of years by my Austrian friend. Romy is not as well known in America but she is unforgettable in Europe. She was known as the “German Shirley Temple” in her early age. Romy Schneider was an Austrian-born actress who starred in German, French and American …