Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I hope you spent the first of the year doing what you love. We had a houseful of friends for New Year’s Eve. It was a casual affair, more of a football party than a NYE party, with good food and wine. Not much makes me happier than that! Speaking of football, […]

Travel Tuesday: Steamboat

Husband had the bright idea to begin our annual ski trip to Steamboat Springs, CO, on Christmas Day, which resulted in a 4:00 AM wake up call. Thankfully, Santa was punctual in delivering gifts to our house. Our 6:30 AM flight didn’t give us a lot of time to open gifts, but we got it […]

New Year’s Day and Highlands Recap

We kicked off the new year with the traditional dinner of hoppin’ John and collard greens. Although my family is not a huge fan of greens, we all manage to eat some each January 1st, along with the black eyed peas and pork in hoppin’ John, for health, wealth and luck. We paired it with […]