The kitchen isn't even finished yet I'm almost certain there will be a minor remodel to the renovation in the future. The microwave ...

photo courtesy Nadine Bouler We were very excited to meet the stylish Nadine Bouler and her husband, leading Long Island "green...

Lots of off-blog comments on the size of our bedroom TV - and a posted one . Apparently a 27" screen doesn't cut it; we must miss ...

A couple of creative bloggers and their significant others joined The Guy and me on an international voyage with an American twist at CREW ...

Since I got back from our challenging European vacation I have been (unsurprisingly) obsessed with comfort food. The very first night, despi...

Huntington Farmers' Market on Sunday morning - a gathering place for good food, chatty neighbors and friendly dogs Lots of samples and a...

a peck of pickled peppers and a pint of Maine blueberries and made spicy peppers, ice cream.... and picalilli The part of Peter Piper was pl...

It's summer and in spite of the thunderstorms and pouring rain I have been making a batch of ice cream every week. Last week it was a re...

In honour of Bastille Day and a few hours spent looking at photos culled (mostly) from old albums - very 20th Century. Here are 10 places I ...

So by now you have realised that I was in Kansas City for a couple of days. The raison d'etre for the midwest excursion was a little bu...

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Shuttlecocks Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Louise Bourgeois Spider Kansas City kicked my butt, culturally an...

It's been a while since I posted anything food-related on the blog. A combination of laziness, greed (do you realise we have to wait to ...

I've been tagged by the stylish From the Right Bank to the Left Coast to come up with six uninteresting things that make me happy - al...