Three New Recipes for Fall Entertaining

Recent trips to a couple farmers’ markets and a chance to host game night motivated me to try three new recipes perfect for fall entertaining. And of course, if there are no guests in your home, you might still love to try these fresh, healthy and delish dishes to change up the menu! Fall Game […]

Mediterranean Bites

I wasn’t quite sure how to title this post. Mediterranean appetizers? Mediterranean happy hour? Mediterranean board? So I came up with Mediterranean Bites. But any of those descriptors work. The goal was to create a tasty and unique way to host an afternoon gettogether. This week I hosted a small group of gals for an […]

Fun Stuff to Do

2024 is going to be the year we do more fun stuff. And connect more with friends. It’s my version of a New Year’s Resolution. The past couple of weeks we’ve done some spontaneous entertaining at our house and some other fun activities. And so far, so good! Here are a few of our activities […]

Christmas Decorating

I jumped into the deep end this weekend and started Christmas decorating.  Since I like to keep it pretty minimal I had everything finished up by Monday afternoon and the boxes back in the garage.  And some of the sparkles vacuumed up. Roxy, of course, was a giant help.  She immediately started taking ornaments out […]

Dancing Apache Ranch Picnic

An all-time favorite picnic spot and wonderful place to spend a summer afternoon is Dancing Apache Ranch.  Sharing our afternoon and the yummy food we ate. Dancing Apache Winery Denisse and I took the road trip up I-17 and celebrated her retirement with a fantastic day.  Sitting in the lush grass next to the spring-fed […]