As you may recall from my Europe packing post, this summer I traveled to Switzerland and Germany. For my inaugural “Away Things” post I thought I’d share some images and impressions of the charming festival I attended in a small suburb of Zurich. Think Heidi meets The Hunger Games. The Lenzburg Jugendfest was unlike anything [...]
Happy Birthday to my husband, M.J. Well before Google was invented, he became the search engine in my world. Brilliant, clever, kind and decent–he’s provided the answers to so many questions in my life. Big and little. Our children mock our geeky courtship–we met in our university’s honors program, competed on the same College Bowl [...]
You may recall from my last post that I was intrigued by chef David Lebovitz’s extensive packing list. A few days later I volunteered to help my sister-in-law Connie, also a top-notch baker, create some desserts for my niece’s wedding in Idaho. Her packing list was equally impressive. Connie’s mini-van was filled with kitchen implements [...]
