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! Thank you for leaping on over to my lily pad. Now that you’re here, I’d like to invite you to join the party. It was my Granddaughter’s 3rd Birthday, and my Grandson’s 2nd about a year ago and we celebrated in a big way. So big that it has taken me all this time […]
Greetings from Big Bear Lake. Today I’m going to take you for a boat ride on Big Bear Lake where we will be able to see the lovely lakefront cabins of Big Bear. Last week I took you on a behind the scenes tour of Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell’s amazing cabin compound on Big […]
Hello there. A couple of weeks ago a woman by the name of Heather Von St. James contacted me asking if I’d do a blog post about cancer survival. Cancer touches far too many lives and, therefore, Heather was hoping bloggers might help by calling attention to all cancer survivors for their strength, stories and triumphs. June […]
Hi there. Well, I turned another year older last week and in celebration (not sure celebration is the right word at my age) my husband and I went to visit our oldest and dearest friends who recently moved to Healdsburg, California. Healdsburg is a uber charming quaint little town located in Sonoma wine country in […]
Hello there! My husband loves pork chops. Personally I’m not really a fan. I often find them dry, tough and not particularly pleasant. But they are high on my husband’s favorites list, and if he had his way we’d eat pork chops much more frequently. When he does eat them it’s usually when I’m too […]
Hello there. I want to tell you right off the bat that this blog post is going to sound a bit like a commercial. That’s because I’m going to recommend some products that I’m using that I believe are tried and true and worth telling you about if you are dealing with thinning hair like […]
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.
