One advantage to having grown children is that at long last, the torch has been passed to my oldest son to host Thanksgiving in his beautiful DC home. I don’t escape all the work, as he and I make a great team in the kitchen and we enjoy cooking together. But the magnificent tablescape is […]
Greetings and welcome to Sundays With Celia Vol 30. I’m so happy you stopped in today. Looking Back On Sunday If you’ve been following along here on After Orange County you know that this past week has been restuarant/food & travel heavy. First you joined me in Washington, DC for our double date night that […]
Hello dear readers. Thanks for stopping in today for Cocktails With Donkeys. Yes, that’s right, every evening of our stay at the lovely Orcas Island retreat, Rutabaga Farm, we enjoyed our evening cocktails with donkeys. The 2 resident donkeys who live on the 5 acre property were anxious to greet us humans, who along with […]
Dear Friends, With another Thanksgiving right on our heels I thought I’d help to make your Thanksgiving as delicious and as drama-free as possible by giving you my favorite Thanksgiving recipes all in one place, right here! All you have to do is click on the name of the recipe, or on the photo, and it […]
Hi! Saturday night we had drinks at the Lake Arrowhead Yacht Club. It’s a very pretty place! We arrived by boat and, when we pulled up, the guys pointed out a very pretty vintage boat parked in the next slip. The boat is a Coronado By Century. As a blogger, you’d think I’d take my […]
CHEERS! Today I’m going to share with you the recipe for one of my favorite summertime cocktails: WATERMELON MARGARITAS. Nothing says summer better than watermelon after all! My recipe for Watermelon Margaritas is not only cool, refreshing and delicious, it is actually in many ways good for you. Now granted, there is alcohol in […]
Cheers! In my last post I invited you to a birthday party I recently hosted. You can read all about it here. I made lots of yummy food and drinks for the party and promised to share the recipes with you. So, this week I will do just that. Today lets get started with this […]
After Orange County is a publication dedicated to living life in the slow lane. I escaped The OC for life at a higher elevation. Leaving suburbia behind, I now live in the beautiful mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead. Join me at 5,000 feet above and beyond as I cook, garden, renovate, entertain, travel and live life After Orange County.
