Apple Picking

Angelenos can be a greedy.  We have the sun, surf, sand, mountains, and when Fall comes around, we'd like out apple picking too please.  It is not exactly convenient to get there but if you are willing to make a day trip out of the city, driving inland for about two hours, you can find a place where the city feels very far away indeed.

Welcome Fall!

             

Fall is finally here and we have been celebrating.  My thoughts are full of apple pie, planting our Winter herb garden... and sweaters!!  Okay, I am mostly excited about sweaters.

Mixed Tomato and Quinoa Salad with Almonds and Feta

On our arrival home from Colorado we were greeted with 90 degree weather, clear skies and tons of tomatoes in our garden.  Unfortunately with the weeks of dry heat and no rain most of the plants were taken over by spider mites, but those that were still producing were thriving.  

Colorado Camping

We have just returned from Colorado where we had a camping trip to Rocky Mountain National Park cut short by the tremendous rain and flooding