Vine-Ripened Tomato Marinara Sauce

What to do when you have a bumper crop of tomatoes this summer? Make your own pasta sauce! Serve fresh, or stock your freezer for the winter. If you don’t have vine ripe tomatoes, a 28oz can of crushed tomatoes will work too.

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Lounging At The Sands

Lounge Lizards After squeezing every drop out of our time in Laguna Beach, Andy now asks for “do-nothing” vacations by name! Now my man wants to spend a few days chillin’ by a pool. The Sands Hotel and Spa in Indian Wells, California is the perfect desert-chic retreat for couples[…]

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A Three-fer Saturday Up The Gorge

Gorge of Wonders The Columbia Gorge is stupefying in its beauty! The mouth of the Gorge is defined by Mount Hood on the Oregon side, with a breathtaking array of waterfalls walkable in flipflops just off I-84. Sadly, this is as adventurous as many Portlanders get. It’s a beautiful sunny[…]

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Off the Chain in Laguna Beach

New Year Tradition Often for Christmas, we give each other the gift of travel to begin the year. After nearly a year of no travel, in January ’21 there’s a little extra wiggle room in our budget, and we are like two dogs off the chain and over the fence![…]

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