We are back home in Vero Beach, after five weeks and some 7,000 miles on the road. (Take that, TSA! New year's res -- keep air travel to an absolute minimum ( Read more... )

I'm sorry, delectable readers, that I've done such a bad job of posting lately. We've been on the road for a month now, and we are heading back to the East Coast from holiday visits all over Southern Cal and Arizona, currently staying with old friends who now live in the desert outside Tucson ( Read more... )

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We're driving south to our place in Florida, ftching up in Charleston last night. Had a great dinner at a terrific Italian restaurant called Il Cortile del Re ("King's Courtyard," because -- presumably -- it's on King St.). Food quite authentic; atmosphere lovely; great wine -- and limoncello to top it off. Then some good music

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Just a quick post from Burlington, where we spent a beautiful morning, and enjoyed an elegant lunch. Plans for travelling to Newport are still a tad loose, but we will probably go on Monday.

Hi! I haven't had a minute (or a handy computer) to at least tell you guys that the Italy trip went sensationally. A wonderful month there, more good food and wine than I should admit to... And fabulous scenery, taken in as we wandered in a rental Fiat -- and afoot, through gorgeous cities and towns, castles and abbeys ( Read more... )