BEST WAY TO END THE SUMMER (WARNING: Do not proceed on an empty stomach!)

Teri B.

September 8, 2013

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Things I Love, U.S. Travel, Wining/Dining

With the end of summer fast approaching, and the son and daughter about to gain full employment (please God), a family trip was in order. Where to go? Well, that would be nirvana/heaven-on-earth/the foodies’ paradise … aka Napa Valley.   Wonderful eggplant parm for the first dinner in Napa .. We decided to make the […]

NYC GRADUATION WEEKEND

Teri B.

June 5, 2013

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Things I Love, U.S. Travel, Wining/Dining

A four-day trip to New York was filled with lots of special meaning … most particularly attending our daughter’s college graduation from Hofstra University (included on a recent list of the 25 Most Underrated Colleges by Business Insider),   plus celebrating the recent graduation of our son from The Ohio State University. Not a moment […]

SANTA BARBARA ORCHID SHOW

Teri B.

March 9, 2013

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Things I Love, Things You Should Know

Happily a recent journey required neither a lot of cash nor a huge investment of time. In fact, who wouldn’t want to play hooky and, at the same time, indulge in a favorite passion … anyone who knows me at all can guess this would involve orchids. Every year, my best re-bloomer, now with 8 […]

FAVORITE GARDENS

Teri B.

January 29, 2013

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International Travel, Things I Love

  What advance planning do you do prior to actually arriving at your vacation destination? Do you research museums, theater, restaurants, zoos?? Well, one of the great pleasures and surprises I’ve been fortunate to experience in a lot of different places are some truly great gardens … Yep, you certain readers … and I […]

A Visit to Sunnylands

Teri B.

October 30, 2012

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Things I Love, U.S. Travel

I have had a long fascination with a rather magical place, about which I could only read and see glamorous photos. I recently got to visit that place in person. It is called Sunnylands … Entrance on Bob Hope Drive Grand entrance to the home   QE2 and Mrs. A in the 70’s For those […]

Teri B.

April 28, 2012

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International Travel, Things I Love

Continuing on our journey, we left Vienna for Salzburg after picking up our rental car, a very fuel efficient VW Golf – important considering gas prices here are somewhere north of $8 per gallon (and we Americans complain …). I have now driven in a total of 14 foreign countries (both left- and right-hand […]

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