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BEETS, BAGELS & BIRDS

May 19, 2018 by Mary 6 Comments

“May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.” Fennel Huston Today’s post is a full-on Happy Meal. I need that, don’t you? This week Mother Nature shot Springtime out of a cannon into the High Country. We went to bed in Winter and miraculously woke up to this… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Chef Yotam Ottolenghi, CookTheBookFridays, Desserts, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, Uncategorized

VERY FULL TART, VERY FULL SCHEDULE

May 10, 2018 by Mary 9 Comments

When I was in second grade my teacher had us raise our hand if we wanted to be a nurse, fireman or fill-in-the-blank, when we grew up. She never asked if anyone wanted to be a juggler. Yet most of our lives have probably been a juggling act. How well do you juggle? These days… 

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LIGHTS on BRIGHT in ASPEN

May 4, 2018 by Mary 13 Comments

For the previous four winters I’ve emptied my Aspen condo of personal belongings, parking them in my down valley storage unit, and handed my keys to The Gant’s front office personnel. There’s no way to make this easy. Physically, it’s double-duty difficult, packing for a 51/2-month journey while converting my home into rental space. Mentally,… 

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A PARIS LIFE

April 24, 2018 by Mary 13 Comments

Dear Miss Manners, When I was in Paris recently, I attended a small dinner party with four other American friends. Our gracious host and hostess live in an apartment with a balcony view of the Tour Eiffel. During our marvelous dinner we set our Apple watches for “on the hour” alarms to catch the 5-minute… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Around My French Table, Aspen, Desserts, Doris Greenspan, French Fridays with Dorie, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Seafood & Fish, Uncategorized

VIGNETTES de PARIS

April 16, 2018 by Mary 17 Comments

It’s been 5 weeks since I arrived in Paris with 2 small suitcases, keys to an Airbnb rental (first time ever) and a blank slate. Albeit unnerving, the onus on me, there’s freedom in that. If my friends and family questioned the sanity of this adventure, I didn’t know it. That was truly a gift…. 

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Filed Under: Around My French Table, Aspen, Desserts, Doris Greenspan, French Fridays with Dorie, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, Pastries, Seafood & Fish, Veggies

LIGHTS in PARIS, STILL BRIGHT

April 1, 2018 by Mary 20 Comments

Six weeks in Paris. Alone. Studio. 3rd floor walk-up. No elevator. Admit it, right now you’re thinking, shouldn’t she have done this 40 years ago? But, here’s the thing. C’est dommage. I didn’t. Now, three weeks into the journey, I am surprised by its so-far-so-good success. This trip was no whim but a dream which… 

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Filed Under: Around My French Table, Aspen, Breads, Desserts, French Fridays with Dorie, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Pastries, Uncategorized

DESTINATION: PARIS

March 11, 2018 by Mary 9 Comments

MEXICO’S CULINARY EXPLORER On my last day in San Miguel I took a cooking class from Kirsten West. You won’t recognize her name but this is all you need to know. Ms. West, an international chef/cooking instructor who has studied Mexican regional cuisine for over 25 years, is German. She’s worked closely with the iconic… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Uncategorized Tagged With: #LightsinParis, #ParisIsAlwaysAGoodIdea

POST-ITS from SAN MIGUEL

February 18, 2018 by Mary 10 Comments

DIA de LOS CASCARONES This month New Orleans hosted its Mardi Gras and Rio de Janeiro, the world’s largest Carnival celebration. In San Miguel de Allende it’s Dia de Los Cascarones, the day of the cracked egg. While SMA’s crowd can’t rival the one million revelers of their South American neighbor, this city does a… 

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A COMFORT LIST for THE ROAD

December 1, 2017 by Mary 8 Comments

During the Thanksgiving holiday my friend Meredith explored Patagonia, a meandering territory in the southern tip of South America. This rugged area of spectacular national parks in the Andes mountain range is shared by Chile and Argentina. Forty years ago English author Bruce Chatwin wrote IN PATAGONIA, ‘a masterpiece of travel writing that revolutionized the… 

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TRAVELING SOLO & CELEBRATORY CAKE

November 10, 2017 by Mary 18 Comments

Let’s start at the beginning. Several months ago, spotting a cost-friendly Norwegian Airlines package to London/Edinburgh on Travelzoo Top 20, I clicked three times and magically owned an October trip across the Pond. For the past 15 years I’ve received Travelzoo’s weekly “amazing” offers and lived the dreams. Obviously I considered it time to play… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Desserts, General Post, JK ROWLING, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Uncategorized

BEFORE FLYING ACROSS the POND…

October 20, 2017 by Mary 10 Comments

As you’re reading this post, I’m throwing last-minute essentials into my suitcase before leaving for a week in London and Edinburgh. Thanks to the low-fare transatlantic carrier Norwegian Air International now with more direct flights to London than any US airline and a British travel agency, I found a vacation package unable to ignore. TWO… 

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WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS…

September 14, 2017 by Mary 15 Comments

Did I ever mention my appointment with a Des Moines, Iowa psychologist. In my mid-thirties, I was needing counseling and advice. After talking to me for 30 minutes he remarked that ‘I would hit my head incessantly against the wall to get something done.’ Heck, I smiled broadly, got all puffed up, considering that a… 

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Filed Under: Aspen, Breakfasts, CookTheBookFridays, General Post, LIGHTS ON BRIGHT NO BRAKES, Main Dishes, Soups, Uncategorized, Veggies

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