What a fantastic city London is! Lucy and I had a terrific visit. My cousin Cynthia, her husband Chris and their four children live in a beautiful home in London. It was such fun for us to be in their house and to visit their school. The kids go to the American School of London. The school has two Israeli trained security guards at the front entrance and two security guards at the back entrance. When you arrive at the school they ask to see your badge and all f...

We arrived in London last week to visit our cousins and have been so busy that we haven't had time to blog! I have lots to share about London, but I will start with our cooking experience. Last night my cousin Cynthia arranged for 11 of us to take a cooking class at Jamie Oliver's cooking school called Recipease. Recipease is a store in Notting Hill where you can come to shop, have coffee and pastries, or take a cooking class. We were all gathered around a center...

I don't remember the exact year, but it was in elementary school, and we were drawing self portraits. My teacher told me was hair was "dishwater blonde" and I said "that's not a very pretty color" and she said "it just means it looks a little dirty". And, so began the love/hate relationship with my hair color. It wasn't until college that I decided to get my hair highlighted and it made me feel so great! Blondes have more fun, right? Well I kept up the highligh...

Tonight Lucy and I tried a pizza place in town that has pizza a emporter (to go). This is a picture of our OLIVE pizza. There are three dark circles on this pizza. One is burnt crust, and two are olives. Two olives that's it! We enjoyed the pizza and will return but now we just have to figure out how to ask for EXTRA olives. When my mom and dad were here we were walking in the park and picked up a couple dozen chestnuts. They are a beautiful color and feel so ni...

Favorite movies of the Moment: Catch and Release with Jennifer Garner The Holiday with Cameron Diaz It's Kind of a Funny Story with Emma Roberts Favorite Music of the Moment: What if You by Joshua Radin If I could die for you by The Red Hot Chili Peppers Apologies by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals The Cave by Mumford and Sons Make You Feel My Love by Adele The Woman I Love by Jason Mraz Sleeping to Dream by Jason Mraz If you have any suggesti...