Hello! As we find ourselves not only beginning a new year but a new decade, some blogger friends and I decided it was time to start the new year by organizing our kitchen pantries. After 2 straight months of holiday baking, cooking and entertaining, our pantries sure needed some freshening up. So I, along with […]
Hello there and thanks for visiting with me today. Like a lot of people who find themselves with an empty nest after years of a house full of kids, my husband and I have toyed with the thought of downsizing. Our 5,000+ square foot house now seems large for our day-to-day needs, and a good […]
Hi there! Thanks so very much for joining me here for Sundays With Celia Vol 12. What I’m Up To This Sunday As you read this I’ll be flying halfway across the country after helping my son Taylor get settled in his new apartment in Chicago. For the next 3 years he will be attending […]
When I designed our home here in Lake Arrowhead one of my primary considerations was to have the perfect guestroom. Living in a resort community I knew we would have a lot of guests. Plus, our children live in various places around the country and when they came to visit we wanted them to be […]
For as long as I can remember I have been subscribing to Sunset magazine, the magazine dedicated to life in the western part of the United States. As a California native and lifelong resident, Sunset has always been my go-to lifestyle magazine for gardening tips, travel & restaurant recommendations, recipes and home decor inspiration. So […]
Finding a House on The Hill for my College Student Son Hello there and HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! It’s the end of the school year already and my baby boy, my youngest son, Austin, has just completed his 1st year in college. You’ll remember him, he’s the crazy skier dude that broke his back doing wild […]
Hello! My husband has a saying: “Life is never as it seems.” The longer one lives the better one understands that this is generally the case with every human being. The persona we emit to the world at large may not always be as squeaky clean, or as exotic, or as exciting, or as happy as […]
Greetings. Today I wanted to share with you a luxury Bohemian retreat in Somerset England that I discovered while looking at European rental properties. I dream of taking a trip to Europe with all my kids that would be relaxing, a real vacation rather than the hurried sightseeing extravaganza that most of our trips entail. […]
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.
