Hearst Castle If you are traveling down Route 1 in California, you absolutely must make a stop at Hearst Castle in San Simeon.  This i...

Multnomah Falls Day 3:  We headed out early in the morning from Seattle to get to Portland with a stop at Multnomah Falls .  I have bee...

Pike Place Market I am traveling with a teenager down the West Coast of the U.S. and learning a lot along the way.  I believe there i...

Bagel Bombs A memo to the kids and newcomers to Chicago: it gets cold here.  It can get really, really cold here.  Sometimes we get luc...

Mallobars I would like to say that I dropped off the face of the blogging earth because I was doing something like hiking the Himala...

Macarons are a finicky little treat.  One of the top questions on Google on macarons is why they are so expensive.  Anyone who has attem...

There I was last night, swearing I would not turn on the TV.  I told myself, "Don't do this to yourself.  You can't take th...