“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine. If I could make any wish for my friends, right after health and happiness (and of course, world peace), would be traveling. I know it can sometimes be hard to justify, allocating...
My daughter Regan James and her husband Lou Pine just returned from their Parisian honeymoon, and I’m delighted to have her guest-blogging today! A couple years ago, my boyfriend and I were about to go on a family trip in the south of France, and we were...
After years of having my water glass stolen by the person sitting to my right and my bread plate stolen by the person to my left, I decided to get even … by writing a lesson on basic table etiquette. I grew up in a tiny town in Texas, in the middle of nowhere. A...
In just a few weeks I leave for my yearly sabbatical to France. I used to be a delayed gratification girl – you know, celebrate after the journey is done and the war’s been won (rah, rah). I waited to go to Paris for years as the prize for some unnamed accomplishment....
I remember when people dressed up for airplane travel. I miss that. Travel can be a very harried proposition, and I’ve always admired women who arrive at the airport looking calm and pulled together, not looking like a bunch of random parts that popped out of a...
