My week at The Golden Door is coming to a close.  I enjoy this week so much but it's what I take home with me that is the most valuable.  Self care is very important and you don't need to go to a special place to do it.  We need to be more compassionate with ourselves, soften our hearts, take time ...

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In case you missed any mention of it, I am celebrating a very big birthday this year.  Yikes.  It's coming up in October and I have mixed feelings.  Grateful for everything of course, especially my health and my family, but aging is a weird feeling for sure.  All good, but I decided I should ...

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I just returned to Los Angeles after a magical 3 weeks away.  I was really able to unplug and step away from work the whole time.  Now my inboxes are flooded and I have to get back to reality!  Just as important, I'm excited to be back in my kitchen and returning to my regular way of ...

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I arrived on Long Island the other day and made my way out to my parents' house for a week with my sisters and their kids.  I just love Long Island in the summer.  The West Coast is great, but there's nothing like East Coast summer.  I am a little jet lagged still despite assuming the time zone once ...

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Goodbye, Portugal.  We'll be back!  My older daughter was able to join us for our last full day in Portugal and now we're making our way over to Spain to pick up my son (aka Mr. Picky) who has been there for almost 5 weeks.  We are so excited to see him! I have eaten a little too much fish (2-3 ...

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Hello from Portugal!  Hubs and I are taking a little vacay to celebrate this year's big birthday (his was in May, mine is in October.)  We are already having the best time!  My older daughter will join us next week and then a few days after she meets us, we will go pick up Mr. Picky who has been ...

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I hope you are in the midst of a fabulous holiday weekend.  I am taking my relaxing very seriously if you must know ;).  My older daughter came home from Dallas and accompanied my husband and me to our friends' house in Montecito for a few days and other than writing this blog post, I have checked ...

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I was working on a another post for this week until I received an email from my editor with my manuscript attached.  She passed the baton to me, so to speak, and now it's my turn to edit.  I need to work on edits pretty hard core in the short term because I am going away for July 4th weekend and ...

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Happy Summer, officially! Today is the day I make lots of lists of things I want to accomplish over the next two months since my cooking class schedule is super light.  Two months from now, I will look back on said list and wonder where the time went and how is it possible that I got none of it done ...

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Happy Weekend and Happy (almost) Summer!  I just landed in Pittsburgh to visit my younger daughter who has an internship here for the summer.  I’ve only been to Pittsburgh twice before, and very briefly, so I’m excited to spend a few days alone with her in the city.  Because I am here for Father's ...

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