Making clotted cream
It’s a staple for afternoon tea in England and can be found jarred at some high end grocers. But if you’re hoping to have real clotted cream with the scones you’ll be...
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Changes at Gavi’s
It was sad to learn that Gavi’s Restaurant is closing so Dave and Mary Gromelski can devote their energies to their burgeoning catering business. But it makes sense when you hear them...
I’m so honored
Here’s my news from the spring meeting of the Midwest Travel Writers Association, of which I’ve been a member since 1983. Those who follow my regular blogs got other aspects of these...
Travel hassles could end with TSA redo
There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that airline travel has become a hassle. Even I have joined the scores of regular travelers who are avoiding trips because of past experiences. We’ve waited...
Winter of my discontent
First let me apologize to those who have followed this blog. I’ve been in a funk, and haven’t weighed in for quite awhile. This has, I fear, been the winter of my...
Day Four, Bordeaux Unravels
7:45 a.m. came a lot faster than I anticipated. My stomach, it had seemed, was still settling from the 5 course meal the prior evening. But, like a moth to the flame,...
Day Three: Bordeaux
My alarm went off at 5:45 a.m. this morning and with it came a wistful exhale and soft groan. It wasn’t just the fact that it was so early and I had...
Disney Dream, not France
Francophile that I am, it’s my colleague, Cassandra Shofar, who is blogging from France this week. I’ve received a few emails and phone calls from regular blog readers asking why I’m not...
Day Two in Paris
Day two, and I’m still floating in a dream. It’s currently 11:49 p.m. in Paris and I just got back from a dinner cruise on the Seine River. The dinner portion included...
Day One In France
The plane ride was rough, no doubt. A five-hour layover in Newark and six-hour flight on AirFrance. Yet here I am, in Paris again. And completely breathless. Today marked the first of...
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