Beach Time at Pacific City, Oregon

My parents gave me the best gift for Christmas/anniversary–two days with KP and Izzy at the Inn at Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City, Oregon. We got a complimentary flight of Pelican Brewery’s finest with our stay. The brewery is right on the beach! And then we got down to enjoy the beach. What a beautiful […]

Green Lentil Soup

My presentation on the neurology of metaphor this morning went well, and then I hurried off to exchange my black business suit for a chartreuse skirt and sandals because it is 75 degrees and sunny this afternoon in Savannah. With my last few hours, I attended a show with the Savannah Music Festival; I saw […]

Getting Fat in Savannah

I am not finding much whole-wheat here in Savannah, Georgia. This seems to be an anti-bread city, save for the dilute, to-go cup varietal. My stomach and its tubes (and likely too my heart and its tubes) are slickening with the southern cuisine available to me. Last night I ate this tasty slab at The […]

A Retreat in Woodinville Washington

Mother Daughter Retreat in Woodinville, Washington. Sixty degrees and humid in the air, hence, big hair. Ducks in love under the picnic tables at Chateau Ste Michelle. Staying at Matthews Estate Winery. There is a theater in the bed and breakfast house, and tonight we watched Anna Karenina on the big screen, gorgeous.

Parkway PoBoys

Had a Parkway Catfish Poorboy the other day that sent me to some sort of -vana. Brought my starter to New Orleans and made some Ellis Pancakes for our friends but haven’t done anything new–left the cookbooks at home. It would be something of an arrogance to come to New Orleans and cook for yourself. There is […]