There has been a big gap between postings. Jewelry show, work and major party planning have taken up all my free minutes. Now, I'm packed ready and waiting to get on a plane to celebrate an early Thanksgiving early in Venice. Thanksgiving for many things, health, family and wonderful friends. It's really a celebration of turning 50, surviving chemo and getting my life and health back on track and looking toward a fantastic future. Days of wining, dining and laughter are up ahead!
My Santa Barbara friends have decided to join me along with friends from Sun Valley, Barcelona and Stuttgart for a vacation in Venice. 18 of us in total. Don't worry, I won't be holding up a little flag and speaking into a microphone on the calli of Venice. Heaven forbid! But, we will be taking over the Agli Alboretti hotel in Dorsoduro. My good friend Anna Linguerri and her staff really don't know what will hit them. I'll try to give her a heads up.
What's getting in the way is my 50lb weight limit on luggage, my bank account and my work! Not to be daunted by all those hindrances, I think that everything will be wonderful and I will be able to show off my favorite place in the world to my nearest and dearest.
This also gives me the opportunity to try out my new smartphone. What the smartphone needs is a smart operator. That I am not. We'll see what happens. Meanwhile, I have to hurry and water a thirsty garden and hope that it's still alive when I get back. Leaving Santa Barbara on an 80 degree day is painful!
I have to explain this lonely little hydroponic Italian Treviso lettuce. I'm going to munch it down right now. It has been 2 years in the making. First with incredibly expensive seeds that the gardener blew all around the yard before they could take hold. Then with a small potted bed of it growing happily that was mowed down by a bird right when I was going to harvest. Now a year later the gardeners hadn't mown the lawn for 2 weeks and this little guy was just poking up. I quickly, gently pulled it up and placed it in water. Like the folks at Hollandia, right up the street. Now 2 weeks later I'll have it for lunch. Part of me can't eat it, it's struggled so hard!!!
My Santa Barbara friends have decided to join me along with friends from Sun Valley, Barcelona and Stuttgart for a vacation in Venice. 18 of us in total. Don't worry, I won't be holding up a little flag and speaking into a microphone on the calli of Venice. Heaven forbid! But, we will be taking over the Agli Alboretti hotel in Dorsoduro. My good friend Anna Linguerri and her staff really don't know what will hit them. I'll try to give her a heads up.
What's getting in the way is my 50lb weight limit on luggage, my bank account and my work! Not to be daunted by all those hindrances, I think that everything will be wonderful and I will be able to show off my favorite place in the world to my nearest and dearest.
I have to explain this lonely little hydroponic Italian Treviso lettuce. I'm going to munch it down right now. It has been 2 years in the making. First with incredibly expensive seeds that the gardener blew all around the yard before they could take hold. Then with a small potted bed of it growing happily that was mowed down by a bird right when I was going to harvest. Now a year later the gardeners hadn't mown the lawn for 2 weeks and this little guy was just poking up. I quickly, gently pulled it up and placed it in water. Like the folks at Hollandia, right up the street. Now 2 weeks later I'll have it for lunch. Part of me can't eat it, it's struggled so hard!!!
