My own artwork ! Notice how Sister Moon is blushing ...   I really hope that’s true.   I’ve been blessed with a new idea and I really...

Renata and me, summer 2022, just before she moved with her family to France and took my heart with her. We're sharing "nose bisous"...

Renata and me, spring 2021 ... apparently a non-glam, lazy Saturday morning, typical of our precious time together. Just now there was a...

Lisa and me (far right) with dear friends Adda, Edith, and MammaGina, in Frontone, on a fantastic fun June evening ... that had been...

Having learned to make simple pickled onions once upon a time, I decided to take that idea and run with it to create a new salad habit...

This e-card magically popped up on my phone one Sunday morning, apparently when I needed it the most. It’s from the app for Louise Hay’s...

A really great evening practice inspired by my new mentor Kami McBride , is an herbal eye compress. It doesn’t take a lot of time. It...

Having a home on a new continent is wonderful for lots of reasons ... my favorite probably being that my passion for cooking and baking...

Oil on canvas, The Holy Virgin of Rescue, by artist Giovanni Francesco Ferri (Pergola 1701-Urbania 1775) In one of my favorite films...

Renata and me in La Rochelle, summer 2023, on the upstairs horsies of our favorite carousel. In the gorgeous medieval town of Gubbio, my...

Not really what you’d expect from this Chef living in Italy at the moment? I hope you’ll love this surprise.   When I had the idyllic...

On a glorious sunny April Saturday, my sister Lisa, our friend Gina, and I ventured out to explore a little neighboring city called Fano....

In 2007, when I returned from an entire idyllic month of May in Italy, I wrote a sweet story called  A Sense of Home  for an...

This week I had a profound experience, regarding my identity ... just about a week after I wrote a story about my seemingly lost identity...

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” – Oscar Wilde   Today, 20 March, is both the first day of spring...

There was an hour, many moons ago, when I dreamed of being such a great Chef that I could just open my fridge, and know exactly what...

Ahhhh .... my sister Lisa and I arrived safely in Italy just a few days ago.   My lead foto is the view from the dining room of our...

Once upon a time, I shared an exquisite Mexican Chocolate Soufflé with a romantic date at a cozy dessert bar in Old Pasadena. We closed...

After 26+ years, I will be leaving my beach apartment that has been home  for all this time.   I am moving to Europe. My sister and I are...

La Vie en Magenta will always chronicle the precious hours that I spend with my little goddaughter Renata, who turned 6 in December. One...