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Chili Balsamic Marinated Sirloin with Linguine and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

My e-mail inbox is out of control. I’m using the new Priority Inbox at Gmail but it is still stuffed full of old newsletters, mailing list digests and of course the non-spam spam (that would be the ‘today only!! Sale!!!’ announcements from any website you have ever purchased from*). I have been ruthless in my [...]

Post-Vacation Hangover

We are back from vacation and I have tons to write about. I suffered mightily during our time in Canada- no internets? no twitter? no phone calls that don’t cost 79 cents a minute?  I wish I had thought about what roaming in Canada would mean with a smartphone but I did not. THEN, we [...]

Vacation!

  A long awaited, do what we want vacation. Begins NOW. We are headed to Vermont but will be stopping on Montreal first. I’ve driven through Montreal but never stayed there. I think we will stay one or two nights then head towards Waitsfield, VT (site of our honeymoon). From there?  There has been talk [...]

Colcannon

What I used 5-6 red skin potatoes 2 tbls butter 1/3 cup sour cream 1 med. onion, sliced thinly 4-5 leaves curly kale (purple, if you can), tough stems removed, chopped in to small pieces 2 cloves garlic, finely diced/smashed Olive oil Salt & pepper What I did 1. Boil potatoes until tender 2. Saute [...]

Riverhouse Inn, Williamston, Mi

  Chris and I enjoyed a lovely riverside dinner at Riverhouse Inn in Williamston on the last weekend in August. Hopefully we’ll have another chance for such a nice meal al fresco before fall truly sets in. I started two new classes today and unlike previous quarters, I haven’t done any reading yet. My first bit [...]

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