I won the bet. Who would have thought the Red Sox would beat the Yankees in New York over 2 consecutive games to win the ALDS…. Not me, nor my boss, but I still bet him it would happen. This was all happening during a conversation about club sandwiches in Pasadena, me proclaiming the best […]

Cartagena couldn’t have been more different than Bogota. And wow was I happy to have landed here for 4 nights. Love Cartagena. Culture, food, cocktails, history, architecture, nightlife, beaches, boats, and so much more. Why had I never been here before? I couldn’t answer that question. But who cares – I was teeming with excitement […]

Nothing says vacation like ordering lunch poolside. In fact, it’s pretty hard to combine the words “work” and “poolside lunch” in the same sentence… although maybe I’m just in the wrong industry! Several weeks of nonstop work ended with Saunders family vacation in the Florida Keys. We chose a spot that was easy for everyone […]

We love having visitors in California, although it rarely happens.* My mother has made it a yearly mission for herself though, and we love it! This year, she took us to the Montage Hotel in Laguna Beach, a couple of hours south of Pasadena. An absolutely gorgeous, stunning property, the Montage is uniquely situated on […]