The weather in Morro Bay was surprisingly warm for late October. We had left a cold and windy San Francisco and drove four hours south to Morro Bay. Unlike touristy Santa Barbara or uber-expensive Carmel, Morro Bay is a sleepy little coastal town with lots of otters and even fewer tourists. After the drive, we…
So often I jet off to exotic locales, far from my home in the United States, to explore the world and its many wonders; but there are places right here, domestically, that tug at my heartstrings as well. One of those places is the spectacular state of Utah. While some might think Utah is just…
Mummies have never been my thing. Seeing dead people wrapped up in dry dust clothes seems a bit freaky to me. But I went to a new exhibition at the Legion of Honor that really gave me a new apperciation for mummies and the past. The exhibition is called Very Postmortem: Mummies and Medicine and…
Hey Divas, like to cruise? And I am not talking about cruising Main Street in a Camero with the windows down while Journey is blaring. (you know you did it!) Top Cruise Club, a new online social network for cruise travelers, launched today with the introduction of innovative new technologies. Created as a place for…
The BVI Charitable Fund, which is organizing the December series of the 2009 Virgin Islands Winemakers Dinners, announced today that Chef Anne Burrell, the host of the Food Network program “Secrets of a Restaurant Chef” and sous-chef to Mario Batali on Iron Chef America will be one of the six visiting chefs participating in the…
Hey Divas, I will be attending the Fashion Show and Gala Fundraiser to celebrate the launch of India’s premiere couture brand’s non-profit, The Valaya MAGIC Foundation, to be held at the Ritz Carlton – San Francisco on Sunday, November 15th, 2009. Would love to see you there! ================================ This November 15, The Valaya MAGIC Foundation…
I’ve been meaning to try Monday night themed dinners forever, but kept procrastinating–you know how hard it is to put the pedal to the metal on a gray Monday night. But after trying last weeks scrumptious Moroccan menu (the picture-perfect Beet Salad with Arugula, Fennel and Pistachios was so good that it turned my previous…