At the entrance to Cabo San Lucas’s port is a stunning resort, the Hacienda, that sits up on the hill overlooking Land’s End and the port. Layered infinity pools stretch out, making it hard to distinguish the sea from the land. And above this, is a beautiful restaurant with one of the best views in town, and wonderful food. On this magical night, we were enjoying the view, and we saw something truly spectacular. Continue reading
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Happy Hours
@FPSouthoftheBorder, vendors stroll back and forth across the beach selling all kinds of wares. Alex’s favorite is the mango man. Perfectly ripe mangos, peeled, spritzed with lime, salted, and peppered to order. It’s perfection in its simplicity. It’s hard to find perfectly ripe mangos at the grocery store, and if you don’t want to wait for the perfect moment of ripeness, I have a secret for you: Continue reading
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Hábito
When I said there was #noagenda @FPSouthofthBorder, that was mostly true. We do have somewhat of an agenda. We all wake up Continue reading
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Cocina Fresca
The resort @FPSouthofthBorder offers some on-site activities, if you wish to plan ahead and leave your palapa for an hour or so. Wayne and I decided we would check out the “cooking” class, which ironically, involved no cooking at all. Continue reading
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Traditions of Spring
Good fences make good 
neighbors… so they say… but should they? Continue reading
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The Tap Room
We have a beautiful home, but one thing, and one thing only, happens when our friends come over. We leave the beautiful house, all head to the back yard, and eventually end up in the “Tap Room.” This is a huge garage space that was constructed 2 owners ago as a car workshop. The last owners had an art/photography studio in there. We’ve turned it into a play space and workshop for Alex.
My husband is a home brewer, so one year I bought him a kegerator for Christmas (#WifeoftheYear). Now, he always has some home brew on tap, and we’ve created a pretty comfortable space for us and our friends. This is the place where you can grab a beer, kick your feet up, listen to music, play darts, and dance. (That’s usually the order of all our parties in the Tap Room, by the way.)
How to be Neighborly: When in the Tap Room… Dance.
What goes with beer? Continue reading
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It ain’t easy being green…
What is it about vegetables that makes people dislike them so much? Particularly green vegetables. A friend of mine tells me it’s the texture. Another says the flavor. Others say the smell. I’ll never understand. Cooked right, the veggies can outshine any entrée, and, at the very least, complement it. There is one way I’ve found my veggie phobic friends will reluctantly eat their greens… Continue reading
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Irreplaceable…
I think I was 18. It signified that I was an adult, I suppose. It was the year my dad gave me my chef’s knife for my birthday. German. Wusthof. Classic. 8 inches… Continue reading
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Mom’s Day
This Mother’s Day, Alex and I hosted brunch for my mom, his mom, and the rest of our family. Having just completed my night of canning with Ashley, I had some left over cherries in need of a recipe, so inspired by our recent Breakfast Club, I made Ashley’s Cherry Clafoutis. Nothing says brunch like a warm, sweet, tart, creamy clafoutis. Since moms can’t live on clafoutis alone, I also made: Continue reading
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Under Pressure
Each year, spring arrives at the Big Saver at the end of the street with a splash. For a few precious weeks, you can get ripe, ruby, plump, sweet, glorious cherries, for $0.99-$1.49 per lb. Whole Foods prices would be somewhere in the neighborhood (pun intended) of $6.99 per lb. (Go Santa Ana!) This, my friends, is a moment you mustn’t pass up. Grab it, and preserve it, for it will not last long.
Which brings me to last Friday evening. Ashley and I Continue reading
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