An Irish Tea Room in Bethlehem
Last week we headed for the east coast and a family wedding in Bethlehem, PA, home to steel mill ruins and an 18th century utopia built by Moravian colonists. Blindingly green, the Lehigh Valley in June can be hot and humid. And it was. But we found relief in a...
Dads Hit the Wine Trail – June 19 & 20
Sure you could get him another tie and then throw some burgers on the Webber, or.....you could take Dad out for a little something different this Father's Day weekend, June 19 & 20. How about a scenic wine trek through the Santa Cruz Mountains? The Summit to Sea Wine...
Breaking News
El Salchichero, Chris LeVeque — with a bit of help from his organic grower parents — is deep into the renovation of the former crafts studio at the top edge of Kelly's Ingalls empire. What will emerge, soon, is the talented meat guy's enormous charcuterie works....
Morning at the Cloisters
The Certosa di Galuzzo is an enormous cloister dating from the 1300s located about three miles up into the hills above Florence. In other words, it is situated on one of those stereotypically picturesque Tuscan hillsides dotted with tall black Lombardy cypresses and...
Getting Shrek’d
A few weeks ago I saw the trailer for the new Shrek Forever After and found myself sucked in enough to grab a tub of popcorn and settle in for my very first Shrek. A Shrek virgin no more, after two hours of 3D antics starring the voice of Eddie Murphy (brilliant!) and...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.