As I was searching for cranberry recipes yesterday, I stumbled upon a tour of Ina Garten’s New York residence (interview by Christine Pittel). Many of you may know Ina as Barefoot Contessa. There is a certain sense of comfort to her food, presence, house in the Hamptons, and now in the furniture and decor selections [...]

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I hope you are all enjoying your holidays. Only five days after we returned from Australia we were off to Philadelphia then to a small town in Ohio to visit Jon’s family. I realized during the brief interval in Houston that my time management skills need quite a brush up. So I apologize for leaving [...]

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We’re back from our trip to Australia. It was absolutely wonderful to spend time with family and catch-up with some of my oldest and dearest friends. Per Jon’s request, we did not do much sight seeing in Sydney. Instead we hit up a few beaches, ate lots of seafood at Doyle’s, celebrated my grandmother’s 80th [...]

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