Recently, a friend of mine (Hi Erik!) sent me a very snide, rude and basically insulting e-card from Someecards.com. Naturally, I loved it and proceeded to serially send them to all of my friends. Here are some of the cards I sent: To Ericka: To Jill: To Vicki: (She didn’t find it amusing) BTW- there […]
Annie
My friend Annie Galvin (Wexfordgirl) posted some very nice words about me today on her blog. She also offered up some old pictures from our “Savoy Tivoli” days in San Francisco. I met Annie while we both toiled away at the infamous (in our own minds at least) Savoy Tivoli in North Beach in the […]
Drinking, check. Shopping….check
I feel the same way about wine as I do about a really beautiful dress; I don’t care how its made or who makes it…and I am willing to spend a little more if I really love it. I don’t want to use colorful language to discuss it with my dinner-mates, I just want to […]
Hippity Hoppity Christmas is on its way
This would be such a great Christmas gift for just the right person. Claudine Hellmuth is an artist who creates personalized, original artwork exclusively for you using photos of some lucky person in your life. I love these. The processing time is about 2 months so you have to get on the stick if you […]
Little Suzie Dorton Turns 40
Okay, I said it, I am going to turn 40 in December. (Dorton is my maiden name) Well, there is a whole list of things I want to do before 40 hits. One item is to go through all of my old photos and memorabilia. I started this endeavor today. I encourage you too to […]
Margarita Grilled Chicken Salad
I’ve decided to start a series of recipes called “Slightly Inappropriate Family Dinners.” To start it off, here is the first delicious entry. We had this on Thursday night. BTW- I’ll start by telling you what every recipe that requires a lengthy marinate time should tell you: MUST START TO MARINATE IN THE MORNING. There […]
We’ve been having fun all summer long…
Today will be a nice, summer-like day in Orange County. But, looking at the weather report for the week, it appears our summer weather might be coming to an end. Here is a short animated film by Jeff Scher that will wrap summer up nicely for us. I really love the colors and the theme […]
Anthropologie + Me = TLA
What is it about Anthropologie that makes me so giddy? I am just an Anthropologie kinda’ girl. Hummm, Anthropologie kinda’ girls. These are the girls that when you say “I love your shoes,” they don’t just say “thanks.” They launch into a story that will include at least one, if not all, of these elements: […]
Diet Coke Lovers of the World Unite
This is arguably the stupidest thing I have ever spent time writing about, arguably. People can get really demented about their loyalty to a particular soft drink. This is completely understandable in my opinion. I am a Diet Coke lover. Yes, lover and I have made an extremely important decision: this is the only way […]
Horses, Horses, Horses
Jill, The Goot and I went on a trail ride through Irvine Park on Wednesday. We mosseyed past Prickly Pear cactus, a roadrunner (FYI, these aren’t as big as in the cartoon, who knew?) and other happy riders enjoying the beautiful Fall morning. Our guide, the immensely knowledgeable and cute Alisha, hoisted us up on […]