How to Dress like a French Woman: First and foremost, throw away uptight. Of course own one of everything in black, plus know the fashionable color of the season, and have it in your wardrobe. Dare to wear red…

N. Hudson Moore, in his 1903 edition of: The Old China Book, wrote: "There is a certain style of design known as ‘flow blue,’ which has nondescript patterns, flowers, geometric designs, and which has nothing whatever of beauty or interest…

When the salted water is spitting hot, toss in the pasta. As it goes around and upside down bubbling, entertain yourself as you confetti a porcelain bowl with the following friends… Purplish black olives, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted pine nuts, crumbled…

Guess who flew British Airways to London, from San Francisco yesterday? His plane arrived safely, in fact it was the last plane to fly out of London (to Marseille,) before the Red Alert was put into action. When I heard…

Headache: The bruising bursting, light pounding, noise fearing, smell sensitive, one-sided, throbbing, vomiting, gotcha good headache. The type of headache where I feel like taken off my head, and walking around headless, I’ll even carry the dog and I am…

On the way home from our family trip to Oregon we took a pit stop by this larger than life mural. Yann is petting the dog, as George takes a double take, "Is it real?" My Mother’s garden is full…