Discovering I’m French
The time in Pays D’Oc IGP has come to an end. My five days of “Pays D’Oc IGP Nirvana” is now a living and lifelong memory. My first wine “undercover”…
Pays d’Oc, here I am
The sun is shining and it is 73 degrees in Montpellier, France. The day has begun and the first image I see is a guy in a beret riding his…
Fall into fashion passion, part one
Well, girls, are you ready to talk fashion and the hottest looks this fall? Not only are we going to have an expose on styles from New York, Paris, London…
‘Trouble with the Curve’ disjointed but charming
Trouble with the Curve is a charming and effective feel-good movie, despite being a bit disjointed. Trouble with the Curve is a baseball movie that stars Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams…
The history of a presidential yacht
Giles M. Kelly makes the history of the Sequoia, the former presidential yacht, a rattling good story. Used by at least eight presidents, the author spent close to 10 years…
Seasons of love
Isn’t that a song? “Seasons of Love” from the award-winning, groundbreaking Broadway musical Rent: “525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear… How do you measure a year in the life? How…
Going undercover to visit France’s Pays d’Oc IGP region
As you can see from my photograph, I am going “undercover” on an assignment to visit the Pays d’Oc region in southern France. My goal is to find out why…
‘Crazy’ brought to life
The Long Walk by Brian Castner, a very well-written book, is important in that it conveys two important happenings: what being an offficer under extremely dangerous conditions feels like, and even…
Umani Ronchi is a star Italian wine producer
The cards that were dealt to me were a perfect hand. Umani Rochi, the small yet well-known producer from Abruzzo and Le Marche fame, from the center of eastern Italy,…
Emotion commotion meets magic
Okay, ladies, it’s time have a little fun, so let’s engage in our womanly intuitions and do a bit of soul searching. I know in the past weeks I’ve been…