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We both love to read, leaning heavily towards fiction, historical fiction, and biographies/autobiographies.  Come summer we also tend to sprinkle in some lighter reads as well….just because! Below I (Chrissie) am sharing 12 books I’ve enjoyed recently (I’ve read 30+ books this year so far, and have found many to be mediocre for some reason). […]

It’s summer and the airports are already packed! School’s out for some, almost out for others, and road trips are beginning to happen. Travel clothes are an important part of any trip and a little bit more challenging in the summer because of the heat. We are always looking for items that can do double

The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is well-known to hikers but became very popular when Cheryl Strayed wrote the book “Wild” about her adventures tackling this trail (and her demons). I (Joanne) have been hiking sections of the trail over the past 15 years and just backpacked a section in Southern California. I’m back in one

by Alison Johnston of Johnston Home Interior Design It’s finally warm! We’ve had a cold spring out West and I am more than ready to spend time outside. When planning outdoor space, I always like to add a rug to an outdoor seating group. It helps create a sense of a room in a space

Prague has been on my ‘to-go’ list for years, so after a girls’ trip trip to Berlin, I added on a long weekend to this beautiful city.  I hadn’t traveled solo in a long time, and was excited to have a few days to explore a new city on my own, at my own pace.

Surprise!  Nordstrom just announced they’re having a half-yearly sale ahead of their famous annual  anniversary sale and 27,000 items are up for grabs for up to 89% off!!  Now is a great time (the sale runs until June 2 at 11:59pm) to stock up on some summer items and even stockpile hostess gifts and stocking

In April of this year I (Chrissie) joined 9 other women on a 5-day trip to Berlin, a city I had never had the opportunity to visit. What a wonderful city full of history and culture! This was a group trip in which each person was asked to organize a meal or activity ahead of

It’s all come full circle for artist Bibby Gignilliat. Chrissie recently met the successful collage artist in her beautiful art studio located in an old ship-building warehouse a stone’s throw from San Francisco Bay. Her high-ceiling, light-filled studio, where she paints and teaches, is filled with her large, dynamic, colorful collage pieces which incorporate layers

Travel season is upon us! We’ve done travel posts in the past and we’ve repeated some of our favorite items because they are our tried and true favorites. But we’ve also added some new items we want you to know about. They are the items we never leave on a trip without!  For our permanent

“Always start with champagne, end of story.” – Sharon Harris  Sharon Kazan Harris’ path has taken her from the tech world to starting and running a wine company and now to launching an online learning product, Business-Uncorked, to provide young people the soft skills and etiquette abilities needed to get, maintain, and excel in the