Travel

I have a super cute 2-year-old nephew who absolutely is obsessed with blueberries. (Or as he pronounces them, bloo-bewwies.) He would, and has, eaten them for breakfast, lunch and…

I’m a Los Angeles transplant (from my beloved Nor Cal), and have come to love my adopted city.  I’m always minutes from the beach, the weather is beautiful —…

My favorite place on earth is the Luxembourg Gardens, or Jardin du Luxembourg, in the heart of Paris.  Now, I’ve seen lots of public parks, and I do have…

“We’re going camping. Wanna come?” Sister #3 stared at me with a smirk on her face. (I’m sister #2, and yes, that stirs up all kinds of jokes.) “We’re…

A couple years ago, I spent the last few weeks of winter traveling through Europe.  It was a particularly bitter-cold month – even the local antiques dealers I met…

On one of my most recent sojourns to England, I had the desire to find a special place to buy some tea – I was in London, after all. …

I got a wild idea one day after reading a single paragraph in… I think it was TimeOut magazine in London in 2003.  Prague… the architecture was hardly touched…

Everyone is familiar with the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, but who knew little rinks were popping up all over the West.  There’s one in Union Square in San…

Recently, I had the good fortune to visit my old stomping grounds, San Francisco.  I dragged my friends to that fair city-by-the-bay for a very special showing of world-renowned…

A few English fobs from my collection. …