Well hello, dolly bars!

Birthdays at the office used to be grand affairs with cakes, cards and parties thrown for each person on their special day. Unfortunately, a...

A hat, a skirt and some squash blossoms

I was on the hunt for a cowboy hat in San Miguel de Allende’s outdoor market. As my friends and I weaved our way through the various stalls,...

With patience comes pickles

Working for a weekly magazine, my Friday nights at the office are very late. We don’t put the issue to bed until 9:30, so I often don’t get ...

Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson: 1912-2007

We lost another great Texan today, Lady Bird Johnson . No matter if you agreed with her or her husband’s politics or not, all could concur t...

An anniversary served with fried chicken

Sixty years ago, my dear grandparents were married. A few days before the wedding, my grandfather’s mother wrote a letter to my grandmother’...

Cafe de olla ice cream, mom's hot fudge sauce

Fourth of July as a kid meant hot-fudge sundaes. Sure, at my parents’ annual bash we had other things to eat, most notably my dad’s barbecue...