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I was once asked who my role models were. After careful thought, I disclosed my list:
Wonder Woman because she’s smart, refreshingly unjaded, fights the good fight and looks gorgeous while doing it. Plus, bracelets that deflect bullets? That girl knows how to accessorize. Lara Croft: smart, sexy, and kicks a**. Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for knowing how to work it while keeping her priorities straight (she marries Roger Rabbit because he makes her laugh). Top of the list though, always, is Auntie Mame (the title character from the book by Patrick Dennis). Auntie Mame is vibrant, charming, intellectually curious, open to all people and experiences, and always the life of the party. Her motto is “Live, Live, Live” and that is what this blog is about.
As Auntie Mame so famously says, “Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!”
Too many of us have become those starving suckers. We are stuck in a rut of waking up, working all day, coming home, watching TV and going to sleep, just to wake up and do it all again. We may add a workout to the routine, take-out, a night out, or a movie, but most of our time is spent in the same boring patterns. It’s time to stop going hungry!
This blog is about living, evolving, indulging and doing what we can every day to get the most out of life.
Food will be featured heavily because I love it. I do not subscribe to the “food is fuel’ school of thought. I believe in the smell of homemade bread and chocolate chip cookies, the delight a tiny taste of triple crème brie can tempt forth, and the sensuality of a creamy chocolate mousse. Whoever said “nothing tastes as good as thin feels” never tasted fresh chevre topped with black cherry confit. Food provides nourishment, comfort, creativity, and a fail proof way to connect with others. It’s time to stop obsessing and start enjoying.
Another way to really experience life? Travel. Whether it’s in your hometown or immersed in another culture half a world away, nothing will breathe new energy into your life faster than a get away.
Most of all though, this is about finding ways to steal little moments out of even the busiest day to enjoy and experience life. Let’s get to it and “Live, Live, Live!”
While Sarah is Out and About exploring All Things Parisian, I decided to have a Girls-Night-In for the East Coast OC. The last five weeks have been tough from a cooking standpoint, as I completely broke my finger and have been sporting casts, pins, (read full article)
Churchill Downs The day after the Indy 500, Memorial Day, Jim and I had no plans. While we were trying to figure out what to do with the day – and what would be open – we somehow got to talking about Derby and Jim remembered that Churchill (read full article)
Yesterday was Jim’s b’day. Unlike me, Jim is not a b’day fan. While I like being Queen for a Day, he wants his birthday low-key and to forget it’s happening (although he’s fine celebrating after the usual day). (read full article)
The Eiffel Tower, Paris 2009 As we count down the year and the decade, I’ve been looking back. It’s been a wild year and a crazier decade. The highlights: 2009 January: Started the year off right with NYE and 10 days in Paris. It w (read full article)
Kate Assisting With Christmas Cookies My Mom and my lil sis, Kate, arrived Christmas Eve and after breakfast for lunch at Coastal Kitchen (the salt cod hash was yummy especially with the gingerbread waffle for dessert – we were sharing - re (read full article)
Turnips a la Julia Child Although we’ve been married for almost three years, this is the first year my husband and I are celebrating Christmas together (last year we were in India and didn’t celebrate and the year before we split to be (read full article)
O Christmas Tree My husband goes a little nuts over Christmas – specifically, Christmas decorating. When we first looked at our house, one of the selling points to him was that with the staircase and picture molding, it would be a “grea (read full article)
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