• Holiday Picture – December 4, 2010

    On or third night in California a group of us went to a hotel bar, downtown, to have a drink.  The place was decked out in holiday decorations. I loved the gigantic wreath with lights hung above the bar: Poinsettias…

  • Holiday Picture – December 3, 2010

    Downtown San Jose was all decked out with Christmas decorations.  The centerpiece was a tall tree filled with blue lights and a star on-top: Question: If you are putting up a tree this year, what color lights will you put…

  • Thanksgiving in California

    Last Thursday everyone woke up early to get started on the Thanksgiving feast! First order of business was a round of coffee: Yum!  Coffee always tastes better when someone else makes it.  At least that is what I tell my…

  • Shopping and Prepping

    So much going on and not enough time to blog. I spent the last week in California with my sister and husband.  My sister was nice enough to offer up her house for Thanksgiving and my husband was nice enough…