Mom’s Infamous Expat Eggnog
My father was in the Foreign Service (pronounced with a knowing wink), and his job took us to a lot of very interesting places. Vientiane, Laos was our first posting. This was an extreme [...]
Grandma’s Marinara
Ingredients Onions Garlic Canned tomatoes Tomato paste--1 small can Italian seasoning (marjoram, basil, rosemary, thyme) Wine, red--1 bottle Red pepper flakes [...]
Thanksgiving, revisited
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! I see from my Facebook feed that I am a member of a large group of people who consider Thanksgiving to be their favourite holiday! I enjoy it for so many [...]
New York City with M et Mme Ghazi
This is a post that I actually wrote a year ago. In the madness of getting back from NY and dealing with a recalcitrant client, I lost track of it and thought that [...]
You say Ho Chi Minh City; I say Saigon. Ho Chi Minh City. Saigon…
My first trip back to Saigon since 1975 revived old memories (phở, xe ôm) and created new ones (Cu Chi tunnels being the most obvious). Here are five things to note for your first or return visit.
Mumps and crème caramel at the Hong Kong Peninsula
Then there was the time I got the mumps. Yes, I know, everyone gets the mumps, but not everyone gets them while staying at the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong.The Peninsula was the Plaza Hotel [...]