As I learned on our latest fall vacation, you are apparently not officially a Crazy Cat Lady until you have seven cats and vacation with all of them in a fifteen-foot travel trailer. Seven. Cats. In fifteen feet of RV craziness. Vacation? That is not vacation. Sifting that cat box literally every hour does not …
I was scampering about on a hiking trail somewhere deep in the John Muir Wilderness this a.m. when I had to take a break to shove some homemade Cinnamon Raisin Bread at my face ASAP. It was a Snack Sherpa emergency at 9,00 feet at nine a.m. I mean, as one does when one rises …
Is Bulgogi Beef Banh Mi a fall-inspired dinner? Of course it is. I realize there is not a single decorative pumpkin, butternut squash or cinnamon stick involved, but autumn cooking at our house has its own rules. When fall colors are on the horizon and we’re packing the motorhome for our annual Eastern Sierra leaf-peeping …
According to every influencer on the GRAM. If it’s October, you bet your skinny hiker ass you better be cooking with pumpkin! However, I don’t care for pumpkin, so I won’t be adding it to my enchiladas, my body butter, my cappuccino, or my lasagna. I will, however, substitute acorn squash because I’m not a …
Camping in Big Bear Lake is one of the best ways to escape the chaos of Southern California without having to drive all the way to Montana and pretend you know how to fly fish. Up here in the San Bernardino Mountains, you get pine trees, alpine air, campfires when legally allowed, dog-friendly hiking trails, …