When Firmoo contacted me to ask if I’d do a Firmoo glasses review, I jumped at the chance. I had LASIK awhile back, and while I don’t miss the hassle of having to deal with glasses and contacts, I miss having glasses as a fashion accessory. Being the retro-fabulous girl that I am, I’ve always… Continue Reading

Each Tuesday, a photo capturing a beautiful or interesting image from somewhere I’ve traveled…  

Each Tuesday, a single photo capturing a beautiful or interesting image from somewhere I’ve traveled… Normally I don’t add commentary to my Travel Tuesday photos, but this one is different.  I read the Diary of Anne Frank in seventh grade and being about the same age as Anne when she went into hiding I became fascinated by… Continue Reading

There is no burrito culture in Denmark… they make guacamole with creme fraiche, call tortillas “pancakes,” and eat those pancakes with a knife and fork.  I pine for decent Mexican and Tex-Mex food, and I even miss Taco Bell. This vegetarian chipotle black bean and rice burrito recipe is a riff on Taco Bell’s 7-layer burrito.  It… Continue Reading

I fully intended to post these photos of the Acropolis last week, but I got wacked with yet another Danish cold and have pretty much been in bed or installed on the sofa since Wednesday night :( I went years in the US without so much as a sniffle, but the lack of OTC cold… Continue Reading

My last post generated some interest in my home workouts, so I thought I do a post about home workout programs that work. Something most people don’t know about me is that I was overweight as a child into my early adult years. I struggled, I starved, and I struggled some more. On January 1, 2000,… Continue Reading

A couple of readers have asked about Opie… ask and you shall receive :)   Here he is sitting on “Odder’s Throne,” so named because he loves to steal my seat! When he was a kitten, he used to sit on the edge of the tub while I took a bath; one night he was… Continue Reading