It was Wednesday, March 17, 2010 St. Patricks Day when a litter of Yellow Labs were born in nearby Callahan. Just two days later, at a charity function for Project SOS that I attended at the request of my friend Pam Mullarkey, I found myself shouting out the winning bid of $500.00 as two huge…
Time could not pass quickly enough for the return of my cooking/traveling companion/friend Kelly and her lovely family to Seven Mile Drive. They had stayed on in Europe traveling to Naples, Sorrento and Florence for a week longer than I. But, I was excited for her to arrive home. My cookbook from Casa Ombuto was…
My personal journal dated June 18th, 2010 Today I took the 7:50AM vaporetta from St. Marks Square to Marco Polo Airport where I would embark on my transatlantic flight home. As our boat traveled along the Grand Canal, we stopped for additional passengers, some tourists, some locals catching a ride to a stop up the…