I have itchy, watery eyes.
Apr 272011
Apr 262011
He’s a natural born beauty. If he were human, he’d be a surfer dude or model, with naturally chiseled features and six-pack abs that he didn’t have to work for. Unfortunately, with such beauty comes the heavy price:
The day started innocently enough. We stopped by the Tulip Festival again this week so I can try one more time to get a photo of Juno’s yellow eyes next to some yellow tulips.
Apr 212011
A few weekends ago, Mr. Wild Dingo and I visited Chateau d’Aigle, a museum of vine and wine that featured a renown collection of wine labels dating back as far as the 1800′s. Unfortunately, that exhibit was closed due to relocation, but the chateau and museum did not disappoint.
Pork Chops Porcini. I don’t know how I made it to this age (eleventy-seven) and being Italian, having never cooked with porcini mushrooms. I’ve eaten them in restaurants but never attempted cooking with them. Until I opened the book: Essentials of Italian Cooking. The Pork Chop above is complex in flavor and in preparation–well, at least for me–so I [...]
Apr 182011
“She’s perfect,” said Juno’s Physical Torturer, Therapist, Mme. Gauthier. She noticed Juno’s walking gate was a perfect long, stress-free stride. Juno rolls her eyes. “Sibes don’t come any other way lady.”
Apr 152011
Tempting Fate: That’s what Mr. Wild Dingo calls this series of photos.
Apr 142011
On the way to Ballens. The farm on the right has lovely band of 20 or more frolicking horses. I was re-writing the About page the other day because Wild Dingo used to be a Web site that was for my consulting business and blog. I had to update the information because people still contact [...]
Apr 122011
Our cultural trainer and advisor recently emailed me to follow up on how we were doing. She was pleased to hear I had started cooking and finding my creativity again. She was writing from Milan where she had taken time to appreciate ”the sweet life” and “la bella figura.” She herself had been inspired to ”refuse to live ugly”–in the [...]
Apr 062011
Recently, I went to a wine tasting in Lausanne. Scratch that. It was a wine appreciation because they served hors d’ouvres with each wine to help understand how wine flavor can be balanced with food. I don’t know much about how to taste wine or pair it with food, so it was a great experience. Who knew [...]
Apr 052011
I call this crackey. The Swiss call it “joie de vivre.”
Apr 042011
Romainmotier, Switzerland’s oldest abby, established around 500. A 14th century bell tower faces the front of the abby. It’s a quiet Monday morning. You could hear a pin drop in the town of roughly 500 people.
Apr 022011
Thanks to the TravelMarx for the pun, I have my theme for April. Actually it couldn’t be more fitting. As Mr. Wild Dingo and I continue to massacre the French language, we are forgetting how to speak English. The French use the verb “faire” (to do or to make) quite a bit as in “faire cuire,” which [...]
