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July 27, 2012 , 2 Comments

Funny thing — nearly a year to the day I found myself once again at San Francisco’s airport. In July 2011, I was there because Abby and I were meeting […]

Daily Wanderlust: Napa Valley, California

April 13, 2012 , 2 Comments

I’ve known the lovely and talented travel blogger Abby Tegnelia for years. Pre my long term travel. And pre her expat life. So, when she and I ...

The Bacon Bloody Mary Love Letter

August 21, 2011 , 18 Comments

Dear Bacon Bloody Mary, I had never fathomed such a lovely start to a morning until a recent and gorgeous July Sunday in Napa Valley. “Here,R ...

Photo Essay: Napa Valley

August 16, 2011 , 3 Comments

This wasn’t really one of those take-heaps-and-heaps-of-photos-trips (and no, it’s not because I was all glassy-eyed drunky in Napa … ...

Photo Essay: Chardonnay Lodge
August 15, 2011 , 4 Comments
Chardonnay Lodge is many things. One of which is adorable. So adorable, in fact, that I put together a little photo essay of all of its adorable-ness.

Sleeping in Napa Valley
August 11, 2011 , 14 Comments
The first time I visited Napa, over President’s Day Weekend in 2008, I became enamored. The lush, green rolling hills. The yellow blossoms of mustard carpeting the ground not occupied [...]

Napa, wine and girlfriends
August 8, 2011 , 24 Comments
I was raised on Manischewitz, so I like to think it is a miracle I like wine. I remember very well the too sweet, too sugary grape “wine” I used [...]

I need an airplane ride
July 22, 2011 , 6 Comments
After my trip in May to Maryland, I had convinced myself I needed one more visit to see my family and friends before Thanksgiving. May to late November was simply [...]