I second FantasticMrFaux on his additions to this list-- You can't have a list of favorite Southern California Nurseries without Rainforest Flora!! They've been in Southern California for at least...

I've been cooking a variety of hot breakfast porridges lately-- Farina, stone ground oats, quinoa.... YUM and I would love a recipe for breakfast barley if anyone has one?

Oh my, the Beekman nesting tables are GORGEOUS! The black tables playing off the grayscale colors of the room-- very sophisticated. THe wood grain patterned rug is glorious as well... can I win the...

I don't know how I've managed to never own ceramic cookware.... While I walk the aisles of Sur La Table, I like to study touch them, study them and dream about them... I read millions of recipes t...

two words: Pulled Pork.

Slow cooked chili. I second that emotion. Chili is one of those foods that I could live off of happily-- when I make a big pot of chili I am perfectly content eating it for breakfast/lunch/d...

Mmmm... Tea. Drinking some right now... yogi tea Kava. Whenever I'm visiting my grandparents in Stratford, Ontario, Canada I always go to Distinctly Tea (you can also order online), they have delic...

Bromeliads are amazing plants-- colorful, resilient, interesting-- my entire backyard is a bromeliad/tillandsia/cycad wonderland. Go to www.rainforestflora.com for the best source to buy bromeliads...