The Round Top Roundup

The biannual event in Round Top, Texas offers the opportunity of seeing gorgeous antiques in a picturesque setting of bluebonnet fields while drinking wine and eating surprisingly gourmet food. My antique-loving, antique-selling mother visited Round Top for years...

Natural Beauty

May Lindstrom’s organic skin care line is made from the purest and freshest ingredients resulting in glowing beautiful skin. Casa V Interiors prefers natural products. Performance fabrics are durable, and now they are also soft and attractive. Despite this...

Losing Winter Park

Historic homes are one of the main components of Winter Park’s charm yet more and more homeowners are tearing them down to build more updated larger homes with less individuality and far less architectural integrity. Driving along a beautiful street in my...

Spanglish

Spanish homes designed in the 1920’s were incredibly charming serving as inspiration for homes ever since; however, few measure up to the original beauties. Bad design is all over Winter Park. So many houses that make you wonder, why? Why would one choose that...

Holy Week in San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel de Allende is a wonderfully festive town celebrating saints, independence days, Catholic holidays, and many other events. My last trip to this magical town was planned around Palm Sunday. What a thrill to witness the events marking the beginning of Holy...