“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.” -Jean de La Fontaine It seems almost everyone on the planet has been touched by the devastating news of the death of Kobe Bryant, his young daughter Gianna and the passengers that accompanied them on their ill-fated Sunday morning helicopter ride … More Kobe Bryant and Expecting the Unexpected
“Don’t cry because its over, smile because it happened” -Dr. Suess 2019 was quite a year. Not just for me and my family, but for people and places all over the world: The Chinese landed on the far side of the moon, Notre Dame unbelievably burned, Karl Lagerfeld left behind an extraordinary creative legacy and … More A Last Look Back and it’s a Wrap
“There is no greater power on this earth than story” -Libba Bray There is in fact a story behind why I have not posted anything to Off My List the past several months- assuming that my few yet cherished readers actually noticed this. A little drum roll please: it’s because I was busy finishing the … More From Off My List: Here’s The Story
“The world’s too small for walls” -unknown; etched on the Berlin Wall Good Lord it’s already spring and embarrassingly enough, I have not yet finished blogging about our wintertime trip to Germany. As some of you may be aware, after the first of this year I unknowingly dropped into kind of a dark hole that … More From Off My List: A Rewind- The Wall and It’s Fall, Berlin Continued
“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” -Albert Einsten Feeling refreshed after having slept surprisingly well on our first night in our centrally located Berlin AirBNB, we woke early to grey skies. I put together a German style breakfast of brötchen in our tiny kitchen (warm rolls, pretzels and cold … More From Off My List: Exploring Art in Berlin
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” -Marcel Proust Like any other sane person, I would not normally agree to travel to Germany during the winter months. It can get verryyyy cold and wet there, and a California girl like me is not used to such … More From Off My List: Visiting Northern Germany
“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart” -Seneca Thanksgiving Day is so close that I actually smell a crisp pecan pie baking to perfection in an oven somewhere. If you are a planner (ok, obsessive planner) like me, you’re double and triple checking the multiple lists of the items you still need to … More From Off My List: Thanksgiving Turkey Cookie Place Card Favors
“If you are ghoulish and ghostly wherever you’re seen, you’re sure to have such a wonderful Halloween!” -from a vintage Halloween card Halloween is just around the corner and as my close peeps all know, now is when my personality turns into a kind of domesticated Morticia Addams: I start feeling compelled to bake lots … More From Off My List: Frighteningly Good Zombie Bark
“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to go shopping.” -Bo Derek The long break between my last Palm Springs post and this new one exists because I got unintentionally side tracked by that perpetual distraction called life. For a minute I worried that too much time may have passed for the … More Palm Springs: Shopping, MidCentury Style
“Desert sky, dream beneath a desert sky….” -God’s Country, U2 Despite the colorful picture I painted last week, my recent trip to Palm Springs was not all midcentury immersion. After a crash course in modernist architecture, Chris, Michelle and I were primed for a change of pace. The next stops on our tour included wonders … More Beyond Palm Springs: A Course in Desert Architecture
