We have all done it; looked up how to fix a drippy faucet or make a make a sourdough starter. Next thing you know you have been sucked down the rabbit hole of YouTube videos and pictorial tutorials that provide just enough information to either confuse you utterly or endow you with confidence in your…
Author: Explorer Barb
An avid traveler, cook and explorer of various interests. A consultant specializing in strategic and operational planning for not for profits.
The Gardens at Winterthur – Go, Just Go
I am lucky to live here, especially at this time of year when winter finally yields to spring, flowering trees burst into bloom and bright daffodils break through newly green grass. We have many choices of local spots to bask in the glory of spring, but my favorite is one of the most underappreciated of…
Where are we?
It was a Christmas gift. We were given a date to reserve and told to select two or three items from a list of nearby attractions. The arrangements would be handled from there. The first stop was the castle you see on the featured image. Wow, you may be saying, a trip to Europe? Who…
The Journey You Don’t Get to Pick
This post is very different from my usual writing on travel, food or wine. Those are decisions we make. This is about a path none of us would select but must travel anyway. It is a personal journey and I share mine as it walks a parallel path to that of a dear friend. I…
Dinner by a James Beard Nominee
We don’t eat out a lot, not the two of us anyway. With friends, that’s different. Want to go to burger night, happy hour (which seems to be the fancy way to say “early bird special”), try some new place, just get together? We’re there. But even before the pandemic it wasn’t a frequent thing,…
Recipe for a Winning Wine Tasting Party
I have always wanted to do a blind wine tasting. Clearly, I’m not the only one based on the enthusiastic response from everyone I invited, whether they could come or not. Blind is how they taste for the wine publications, labels covered, no idea what the wine is, who made it, or what it costs….
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