A friend posted this article on Facebook. Articles like this always have an impact on me. Perhaps it was growing up with the vulnerability of having a single, sickly parent. Perhaps it was watching said parent struggle to come into her own – and who sometimes still struggles against the perceived expectations of others. The […]
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PJ was here, with her full decorator hat on when we turned our discussion to the living room. Window treatments really anchor the room, but the furniture needs a refreshment. Tired old 15-year Pottery Barn overstuff chair and loveseat take up too much room. Curved bay window… So the plan is for
I decided that my New Year’s resolution is to climb the ten toughest hikes in the Bay Area. I’ve been researching and I’ve come up with this list. Berry Creek Falls Loop at Big Basin Redwoods State Park 10.2 miles Mount Sizer (Seizure??) Loop: Henry Coe State Park (Morgan Hill) 15.6 miles Murietta Falls via
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We are celebrating the holidays at home this year. I decorate for the holidays only every two years–no sense getting the house all dolled up if we’re spending them in Illinois. This year I hope to take a more contemporary study of holiday decor. While I love traditional decor (the tree, holly berries, pine cones,
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Today was the day. I’d been thinking about this since we started planning our trip. I was determined to ascend Table Mountain. I’d done research on various guides—as most tour books discourage people from hiking alone (for good reason, both human and natural dangers loom). She picked me up at 7:45 a.m. and a young
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A quick reaction from a diligent driver fended us from this baboon who had set her sights on my lunch bag! Note the baby clinging to her from the front.
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I took a Cape Malay cooking class today. I had been searching for a “South African cooking” class but realized after a while that there’s really no such thing as South African food due to the influences from so many cultures here. That’s also why you get so many “fusion” restaurants, although they are about
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It’s been a busy few days! Since Greg works during the week, I’ve booked our weekends solid. Saturday we went to the Winelands, visiting Paarl, Franschhoek and Stollenbosch. It was a group tour done by a company that specializes in wine tours. It turns out it was just the two of us, and a woman
We checked out of the hotel last Friday and moved into the corporate apartment, which is a little further south from where we’d originally been. The two-bedroom cottage is quite cute, with a main room that consists of the kitchen and living room. Fort Knox The South Africans like their security, though. Everything has alarms.