Last night – late last night – while my freshly baked yellow sponge cake was cooling, I finished reading the Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. Tonight after work, I will split my yellow cake into two layers, fill it with the most delicious vanilla custard (also made last night), top it all with a chocolate …
I would love to title this post, The BEST restaurants of Park City, but since I have not been to all of the restaurants there – I truly cannot name these the best. But I gotta’ tell you they were TOPS! If you consider our group of six adults and how much we all enjoy …
We just had the most wonderful ski trip in the idyllic town of Park City, Utah. What a wonderful mountain town with so many treasures to enjoy! I have traveled to Park City a number of times in the past. My daughter played three summer softball tournaments on the fields of Park City Sports Complex, and …
“Well behaved women seldom make history,” reads my friend’s bumper sticker. In so many ways that statement is true. In our country, and in many areas of the world, women have had to fight for equal rights every step of the way. Well it is March, and March is Women’s History Month. This month I …
Last night, my husband and I finally saw the movie, Still Alice. This is the movie that Julianne Moore received best actress Oscar for her role playing Alice Howland, a Columbia University Linguistic professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The movie was heartbreaking, and without a doubt you can understand why Julianne Moore received her Oscar …
Sometimes we are called on to share a meal with a friend’s family. It might be that someone just had a baby or that a family is in a crisis due to illness, a death, or job loss. Whatever the reason, when someone’s life is in the middle of upheaval, food is one way that …
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, Colgate-Palmolive. All opinions are mine alone. #OpticSmiles #CollectiveBias. Packing for a ski trip can be exciting and daunting at the same time. Unlike your conventional get-away you need to pack a number of items that are necessary for you to remain comfortable on the …
We just returned from an amazing skiing trip to Park City, Utah (more on that later), but the issue right now is that my husband came home with a cold. Uggh! Anyone that knows me – especially my kids – knows that I am a bit of a germaphobe! I blame that on being a …
As you know, February is Heart Month. This month (but it really should be all year) is a time that we focus on heart health. I recently wrote a post titled, Go Red and Spread the Word about Heart Health for Women that covered the alarming statistics of heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer …
The Martian by Andy Weir is a suspenseful tale that combines the best of Apollo 13 with MacGyver. Mark Watney is an astronaut that is part of a six-person crew running experiments on Mars. They have only been on Mars working for 6 sols when a huge sand storm hits the planet and they need to …
