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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!”
If you like food and you’re going to Paris there are two sources everyone will recommend, Hungry for Paris by Alec Lobrano and David Liebovitz‘s blog “living the sweet life in Paris.” While in Paris, they were my form of a (read full article)
More Paris posts to come but work is CRAZY right now. SO, for today, here are a few of my favorite pics from my Paris trip. My favorite is the tank in front of Christian Dior – love the juxtaposition. Filed under: Travel Tagged: Paris (read full article)
Bastille Day has been a favorite holiday of mine for years even though I’m not French and I don’t live in France. Nonetheless, growing up, Bastille Day meant amazing rowdy brunches at French Bistros. Pain perdu anyone? Once Jim and I (read full article)
My Mom’s must-do on her birthday trip to Paris? Disneyland Paris (EuroDisney for those not aware of the name change). Seriously. Growing up in Southern California – the birthplace of Disneyland, McDonald’s and the Cry (read full article)
No joke. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. While I’m in Paris with my Mom and my sister Kate, Jim is in Ireland with his two girls. I know he told me his itinerary more than once, and while I admit I didn’t pay too much atte (read full article)
Our flight to Paris left LAX at 9:45 pm (about half an hour behind schedule). We arrived a little over 10 hours later at 5:00 pm Paris time (9 hours ahead of the West Coast). I was extremely thankful that I had “splurged” and used more mi (read full article)
I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve become an impatient traveler and the summer travel season pushes my patience to the max. While most people are relaxing getting set to travel off to vacation I’m still in business traveler mode, (read full article)
I’ve been ”flying the friendly skys” for work and fun for awhile now. During that time, I’ve seen the no liquid rule implemented, overhead space shrink, the introduction of economy “plus,” fees charged for any (read full article)
I don’t know about you, but when traveling my exercise routine used to pretty much go out the window. Combine that with a love – ok, obsession – with good (read decadent and calorie laden) food and a devil may care attitude toward calorie con (read full article)
While strolling along the track on race day at the Indy 500, we had the chance to encounter quite a few “celebrities.” Do you know who these people are? I’ll give you a few hints. Mystery Celebs 1, 4 and 5 are reality show ̶ (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)
The day between Carb Day and the Indy 500, we decided to spend exploring part of Indiana. Before we left on our trip we consulted “1000 Places to See – in the USA and Canada – Before You Die,” cross-checked it with an online search and (read full article)
It was 8:15 a.m. when we pulled into the parking lot across from our hotel to wait for the police escort to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As I triple checked that we had our tickets, pit passes and parking pass, Jim chatted with some of the (read full article)
The morning of the Indy 500 dawned early for Jim and me – we had an 8:30 am police escort to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to catch. I breakfasted responsibly at the hotel with a bowl of oatmeal but with a 1:12 pm race time, concessions at t (read full article)
We decided to follow Carb Day with a night out in Indy. Our destination was the Fountain Square neighborhood for Thai at Siam Square and Duckpin Bowling at Atomic Bowl. We had heard and read that Fountain Square was a restored and gentrified (read full article)
One of my favorite parts of Indy 500 weekend is “Carb Day.” Carb Day is the final practice session for the Indy 500. It’s the time to make sure the car is running exactly the way you want it, that pit stops are clean and fast a (read full article)
I strive not to be a creature of habit, but when we got into Indy, there was only one place I wanted to go to for dinner – Mug ‘n Bun - Indianapolis’s old school drive-in. Mug ‘n Bun has been serving up burgers and deep-fr (read full article)
My day started at 3:45 a.m., a good 3 1/2 hours before I usually drag myself out of bed. The reason? A 6 am flight. 6 am – what was I thinking? Somehow Jim and I both managed to wake up before the alarm went off, stumble into clothes, b (read full article)
Pike Place Market It was an ominous looking day when I headed down to the Seattle Art Museum to meet up with fellow foodies and bloggers, More Than Burnt Toast, Cookie Baker Lynn, Eat, Love Travel, Sortachef, and The Lonely Radish. At the invitatio (read full article)
Silverton Falls Last Sunday, when I was in Portland visiting Jules, we opted for a little outdoor adventure. A drive to Silverton (about 40 miles Southeast of Portland) to check out the antique stores, grab a bite to eat and hike Silverton Falls. (read full article)
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