I love this time of year. The air is getting cooler. The mornings are brisk. The fair is coming.  It starts today at three. I am lucky enough to live in town and not too terribly far away from the fairgrounds…not quite close enough to hear the sounds or smell the cotton candy and […]
Friday evening some friends and I decided to have a picnic at Saluda Shoals Park at a place by the river called Eagles Arrie. After all, the weather was perfect and fall was in the air. There was a weekend of activities planned called Unearth.  When we arrived, there were at least 50 men […]
 I had Friday night reservations at Fleur-De-Lys Home Culinary Institute on Millwood Avenue for months now. My friend, Becky, and I were going together but at the last minute she had to change her plans.  Since I’d been telling my son about Fleur De Lys for quite a while, he agreed to go […]
A friend and I went to lunch today at the spur of the moment. Sometimes those are the best times…when you decide to do something spontaneously.Â
My son called to say hello last night. He was in Brooklyn, NY with friends after working diligently all week long on a project he just started with two very talented architects. “Mom!â€Â He said. “ I’m in a shop you would LOVE. It’s a chocolate shop and it’s really great!†He sent me the […]