I don’t know how you toasted summer’s unofficial close (or if you did at all), but Mister and I went out in style. We made a few rounds of Aperol Spritz. (Spritzes? Spritz-i?) Whatever. The toasting was…
Dear Summer–
Dear Summer– I know you won’t be leaving for a few weeks, not officially, but this coming weekend will likely mark your departure for many of us. And before we bid farewell, I want to take a…
True Confessions
So. At the risk of embarrassing myself beyond recovery, I want to share something with you. I understand this may affect your judgment of me and, well, that may be something I have to accept. Here goes. I…
Summer Food
As we are smack-dab in the middle of summer, and especially as we’re riding out the “Heat Dome” here in the States, using one’s stove is not a good idea. Searing some ahi tuna, on the other hand,…
Summer, Summer, Summer
Today is the first official day of summer. More like the first day of simmer. I don’t know what it’s like in your neck of the world, but here in the armpit, we’re expecting 100+ degree temperatures (a…
June Gloom
Yesterday I wrote about May Gray and how it leads straight into June Gloom. I speak for those of us in Southern California only, mind you, but there are quite a lot of us. And we deal with…
Stuck In Hot
Yesterday found me back behind the wheel of my old car, cruising all the hell over the place. Not for fun, mind you. I had bid-ness to tend, and it took me to Holly-weird and The Valley, including…
Scratch That
I thought last weekend, being the true final weekend of summer, was the end of pool time. Well scratch that. See – when I think I understand the weather, it goes and flips things around and stymies…