November is my birthday month. It’s also the 11th month of the year, a month during which we are all starting to feel the year’s toll yet have to rally and gather up some energy for that last stretch before we can take a few days off to relax. I’ve always resented my fall birthday …

It is not often that I review cookbooks but I have received a few this fall that I feel compelled to share with you. I am an avid cookbook collector. The piles in my dining room are threatening to topple over and the ones in my bedroom keep getting higher and higher. I read them …

I had been planning my Portland (Oregon) trip for a few months now and I really started by noting all the coffee places I wanted to try and working everything else around that. Portland is the birthplace of today’s third wave coffee revolution. It all started with Stumptown Coffee which was born there, so you …

I believe I had been trying to plan a weekend in Vermont for the past year or so. Life, work and travels to further away spots took over and I never made it until a couple of weekends ago and what a perfect weekend it was! Summer like temperatures with autumn conditions, it was an …

It’s time for a new Current Crush post! Just a quick reminder that these “Current Crush” posts are here so I can share a few of my latest coups de cœur with you. Some of these spots may be new, some a bit more honed but they’re all fantastic and definitely worth a visit. Enjoy …