So, I’d been hearing about Artisanal for a while. My step-brother raved to me a few years ago, but being that it’s located in Banner Elk, it took me a while to get there.  First, you should know that Banner Elk is located in the Boone/Blowing Rock area of the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. It’s……

Or so my niece Jillian informed me when we went for an evening trot through the Stanly County countryside. Jillian’s husband and family own Stalling Stables back in my hometown, so I convinced her to take us for a ride when we were home last week. I’m thinking I need a riding outfit. (Always look……

I’m back home in Carolina this week. NORTH Carolina that is (yes, there is a difference). Go Tarheels! I get home a few times a year—usually when it’s sweltering hot and then again when it’s bitterly cold. The big NC is best visited in the spring or fall when we have glorious weather and you……

Look at us youngins back then having Martinis at Jones Hollywood It’s coming up on my 13th anniversary of living in Los Angeles. Crazytime! When I first moved here from NC the summer after I graduated college (and precisely the day after I turned 22 on a week long road trip…

I just got back from a girl’s weekend to Napa (more on that to come), but we had a few hours to kill in San Francisco before our flight back to LA. We stumbled upon the wonderfully fabulous travel store Flight 001, while strolling along the streets of Hayes Valley. I’ve been on this website……

Anyone who knows me well knows I’m about the biggest Anglophile you’ll ever meet. I’m super jealous of all my friends who got to cross the pond for the Diamond Jubilee this weekend. I’ve been living vicariously through all the pictures and here are a few of my favorites! via National…