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2023
  • 09/12 - A Trip To the Baja Peninsula, Mexico
  • 07/28 - It’s Been Four Years and Sixteen Weeks…
2022
  • 05/18 - Fly Back And Think of England
2021
  • 09/07 - Jumping In The Deep End
  • 08/30 - Kitchen. Cucina. Cuisine. Cocina.
  • 08/23 - The Power of the Flower
  • 06/27 - Perfectly Paia. All The Ways to Enjoy the North Shore of Maui
  • 06/22 - It’s Been 18 Months. And It’s Been Three Years.
2020
  • 05/15 - Everybody’s Grieving… And This Time It’s True
  • 04/01 - Meditation and Powerlessness
  • 01/20 - A Brief Stay in Sonoma at MacArthur Place
2019
  • 10/26 - Sonoma County Fires. Déjà Vu. All Over Again.
  • 08/04 - Coastal Kitchen, Dillon Beach, CA
  • 07/30 - A Tasty Bike Ride from Santa Monica to Venice
  • 07/23 - Lunch at Gjelina In Venice Beach
  • 06/04 - Some More Things My Father Taught Me
  • 05/15 - Ashes to Heartbreak: The Loss of a Parent
  • 04/14 - A Tribute to My Dad
  • 03/05 - Some of The Things My Father Taught Me
  • 02/03 - Stockhome Petaluma: A Restaurant that Works
2018
  • 11/22 - Pear and Persimmon Cake
  • 11/03 - A Fall Reflection and Saying Goodbye to Uncle Ed
  • 09/15 - A Week at Bitterroot Ranch, Wyoming
  • 08/24 - Cornwall: Cornish pasties, cream teas and cloudy skies
  • 07/30 - 5 Awesome Things To Do in Jackson, Wyoming
  • 07/25 - Breakfast at Persephone’s – Jackson, Wyoming
  • 06/18 - 10 Favorite Things To Do on the North Shore of Kauai
  • 06/14 - The Best Places to Eat in Hanalei, Kauai
  • 06/13 - A Walking Food Tour of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 05/26 - Why I Love the Morgan Horse
  • 04/23 - 5 Things to do In London in the Spring
  • 04/12 - The Shop at Petersham Nurseries
  • 04/04 - Petersham Nurseries: A Magical Lunch In A Conservatory
  • 03/25 - Revamped Della Fattoria Opens Its Doors in Petaluma
  • 03/12 - An Israeli Brunch in Napa – In Pictures
  • 03/11 - Chocolate Pots (Almost Paleo – Totally Delicious)
  • 02/09 - A Rejuvenating Few Hours in Carlsbad and Encinitas, CA
  • 01/28 - Chocolate Almond Torte (Gluten-Free)
2017
  • 12/16 - 5 Gifts For the Food-Lover In Your Life
  • 11/30 - A Quintessential Day in New Orleans
  • 11/21 - New Orleans: A Delish Brunch at Coquette
  • 11/19 - Meditation: Six Months In – Does it Work?
  • 10/15 - A Week In: Living With The Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino Fires
  • 10/14 - How To Ensure Your Horse Is Disaster-Proof
  • 10/10 - Days 1 & 2 on the Edges of Hell: Napa/Sonoma Fire
  • 09/23 - The Slovenian Alps & Triglav National Park In Pictures
  • 09/12 - A Tribute To a Dear Friend And A Reminder to Focus On What Matters
  • 08/27 - The Surprising Things I Learned About Making Seafood Risotto in Venice – And The Recipe
  • 08/21 - Riding Lipizzaners at the Stud Farm in Lipica, Slovenia
  • 08/19 - Lipizzaner Horses & The Slovenian Coast
  • 08/15 - The Slovenian Alps: Kobarid and the Walk of Peace
  • 08/06 - The Hacienda and Patio at Scribe Winery, Sonoma, CA
  • 07/28 - Braces and a Pony: Mid-Life Crisis or Celebration?
  • 07/25 - Impossible Burgers Come to Gott’s
  • 07/24 - Hiša Franko: Platefuls of Heaven in the Slovenian Alps
  • 07/11 - Nebesa: A Place Where Heaven & Earth Meet in the Slovenian Alps
  • 07/11 - Dining canal-side at Il Refolo near S. Croce, Venice
  • 07/09 - A Cooking Class in Venice At Gioia’s Apartment
  • 07/09 - 5 Favorite Things To Do in Venice
  • 07/05 - Death In Venice? Not Quite. 6 Tips on Surviving A Few Days in Venice
  • 07/04 - 6 London Experiences: From the Very Old To The Very New
  • 05/24 - A Brief Stay At Jimbaran Beach in Bali
  • 05/19 - Learning to meditate in Bali with Light Watkins
  • 05/07 - 4 Must-Dos in New Orleans
  • 04/16 - The Best Hummus. Ever.
  • 04/08 - 5 Ways to Enjoy A Morning in Petaluma
  • 03/21 - El Molino Central, Sonoma – Mexican Comfort Food With Style
  • 03/18 - As American As Apple Pie. Or Not.
  • 03/01 - A Rarefied Evening at SingleThread in Healdsburg, CA
  • 01/22 - An Early Look At The Drawing Board in Petaluma
  • 01/11 - A Short Stay at The Laslett, Notting Hill, London
  • 01/01 - Think About Intentions Instead of Resolutions
2016
  • 11/26 - A Castle, a Bird Sanctuary and Spectacular Beaches: Urdaibai Estuary, Biscay Province
  • 11/20 - We Are Not Nasty Women… But We Are To Be Reckoned With
  • 11/13 - Pumpkin Tahini Soup – Perfect for Fall
  • 10/29 - Three Perfect Days in San Sebastián, Spain
  • 10/16 - Best of the North Bay: Don’t Miss These 5 Restaurants
  • 10/10 - Savory Zucchini Bread (gluten-free)
  • 10/06 - When All Is Said And Done: 7 Things That Really Matter in Life
  • 10/02 - On Gut Instinct And Facing Mortality
  • 09/27 - The Shuckery, Petaluma – Changing The Face of North Bay Dining, One Meal At a Time
  • 09/25 - Whitstable: Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside!
  • 09/10 - 6 Things You Must Do In the Cotswolds, England
  • 09/05 - Arzak, San Sebastian: What It’s Really Like To Eat In A 3 Star Michelin Restaurant
  • 08/25 - A Day At The San Sebastian Food Cooking School
  • 08/20 - Iriarte Jauregia Hotel – A Gastronomic Retreat In the Green Hills of Basque Country
  • 08/14 - La Bretxa Market – San Sebastian Food School – Part One
  • 08/12 - 16 Hours in London and Why The Dreamliner Will Change Your Idea of Travel
  • 07/17 - Let Grace In
  • 07/03 - 5 Favorite Things To Do In San Diego
  • 06/27 - Brian Malarkey’s Herb & Wood – San Diego
  • 06/19 - Is Mr Jiu's Worth The Hype?
  • 06/13 - Strawberry and Rhubarb Crumble (gluten-free if you wish)
  • 06/12 - A Visit To the Reclining Buddha, Bangkok
  • 05/15 - Wine Country Weddings – Q&A With Borrowed & Blue
  • 05/10 - Tank The Wonder Dog
  • 05/08 - How to Enjoy Yountville Without Spending a Fortune
  • 05/01 - Things to Do At Oxbow Public Market in Napa
  • 04/22 - Dining at Sons and Daughters, San Francisco
  • 04/17 - 24 Hours in Bangkok – Day Time
  • 04/12 - Learning To Cook Delicious Thai Food at The Blue Elephant Cooking School
  • 04/09 - Blue Elephant Cooking School, Phuket Town – The Market
  • 04/07 - These 8 Tips Will Ensure You Get The Most Out of A Short Stay in Bangkok
  • 04/04 - 48 Hours in Hong Kong – The Second 24
  • 04/01 - 48 Hours in Hong Kong – The First 24
  • 03/20 - 5 Picks From Dueling Cheesemongers at the California Artisan Cheese Festival
  • 03/07 - O’ahu’s North Shore: A Heart-Opening Paradise
  • 02/11 - Al’s Place – A Bright Spot on Valencia
  • 02/09 - Spring Abounds At Jack London Park (and a poem)
  • 02/06 - Socca: Only Provence Could Give Us This Irresistible Healthy Snack
  • 02/03 - Cacao Coconut Bark with Almonds and Raspberries
  • 01/31 - The Only Pancake Recipe You'll Ever Need
  • 01/24 - Brunch at Petit Crenn: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
  • 01/18 - Sublime Sushi At Takao in Brentwood, CA
  • 01/16 - All The Wild Beauty Of Connemara
  • 01/10 - Fromagerie Sophie, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • 01/03 - 5 Things to Do in Manhattan Beach
  • 01/01 - Hearst Castle, Moonstone Beach and Sebastian’s
2015
  • 12/29 - 1601 Bar & Kitchen, San Francisco, CA
  • 12/20 - Ginger Snaffles (Gluten-Free)
  • 12/06 - Banana Date Muffins (gluten-free, vegan)
  • 12/01 - 10 Things to Do in Sea Ranch, CA
  • 11/29 - Amy's Drive-Thru – A New Age For Fast Food?
  • 11/28 - Pumpkin Cheesecake (gluten-free)
  • 11/26 - A Sea Ranch Thanksgiving
  • 10/12 - A Night at Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant, Forestville, CA
  • 08/30 - Ireland: The Burren and around Loughrea
  • 06/28 - A Cooking Class at Spannocchia (part 2)
  • 06/25 - 10 Favorite Things To Do in Tuscany
  • 06/23 - Spannocchia – A Tuscan Organic Farm
  • 04/19 - 5 Favorite Food Finds in NYC
  • 04/11 - Bell Book and Candle – Roof-to-table Dining in NYC
  • 03/08 - The Naked Pig Café, Santa Rosa, CA
  • 02/23 - 7 Stops for Foodies On Kauai’s North Shore
  • 01/09 - Bazaar Meat by José Andrés, Las Vegas
  • 01/08 - Brunch at Monsieur Benjamin, San Francisco
  • 01/04 - 5+ Places to Eat in Amsterdam
  • 01/02 - Amsterdam: A Food Lover’s Eye on History
2014
  • 12/31 - De FoodHallen – A Foodie’s Haven in Amsterdam
  • 11/23 - Native Kitchen, Petaluma, CA
  • 10/26 - Wild Flour Bread, Freestone, CA
  • 10/08 - A Retreat in God's Country: Lotus Feed Farm
  • 09/27 - Secret Kitchen, Petaluma
  • 09/21 - Paradise Found: Open Field Farm, Petaluma
  • 09/16 - Cortney Burns Previews Recipes From New Bar Tartine Cookbook
  • 08/18 - Harley Goat Farms, Pescadero, CA
  • 07/28 - Duck Soup Inn, San Juan Islands
  • 06/30 - Thistle Meats – the new butcher on the block
  • 06/22 - Where to Eat in New York & the Waverly Inn
  • 06/14 - Madeleines by Monkey
  • 06/12 - Zucchini and rosemary soup
  • 06/11 - Gluten-free chocolate zucchini cake
  • 05/12 - Namu Gaji, San Francisco
  • 05/07 - Five Favorite North Bay Restaurants
  • 05/04 - Lunch at Osteria Stellina, Point Reyes Station
  • 05/03 - SFoodie and Me
  • 04/25 - Della Fattoria, Petaluma
  • 04/06 - Calories in, Calories out
  • 03/30 - Bread and Breakfast in Hong Kong
  • 03/29 - Gage Street Wet Market, Hong Kong
  • 03/24 - Dim Sum, FOMO and Hong Kong
  • 03/15 - Lunch with Cortney Burns, Bar Tartine, San Francisco
  • 02/24 - Epic Bars – They're Cool
  • 02/23 - Lunch at Te Whau, Waiheke, New Zealand (part two)
  • 02/17 - Little Bird unBakery, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 02/16 - A Trip to Waiheke Island, New Zealand (part one)
  • 02/07 - The Spinster Sisters, Santa Rosa, CA
  • 01/16 - Butternut Squash, Fennel & Ginger Soup (Vegan)
  • 01/12 - 5 Ways to Thrive on a Detox
  • 01/04 - Belgo Centraal, London, England
  • 01/02 - Ottolenghi’s Nopi, London, England
2013
  • 12/14 - Inspired by Food By Namu Gaji
  • 12/12 - Recipe: Aloo Gobi
  • 12/08 - Slow Shopping For The Holidays
  • 11/28 - Life With An Adopted Dog
  • 11/25 - Wishbone Cafe, Petaluma
  • 11/19 - Stunning Beet and Cauliflower Soup
  • 11/19 - Indian Cooking Class, SF Cooking School
  • 11/03 - Slow Club, Potrero, San Francisco
  • 10/22 - Sugar: Not Just Bad for Your Health
  • 10/15 - The Kitchen: The Beating Heart of My Home
  • 10/05 - A 'Real Food' Desert Among Orchards
  • 09/28 - Cauliflower and Red Pepper Soup
  • 09/15 - Five Favorite Things
  • 09/15 - Zazu Kitchen & Farm, Sebastopol
  • 09/02 - Twofish Baking Company, Sea Ranch
  • 08/29 - Sir and Star At The Olema (Marin)
  • 08/25 - Creamy (Vegan) Tomato Soup
  • 08/12 - Summer Comfort Food Zucchini-Style
  • 08/06 - Taste of Petaluma
  • 08/02 - No People Food
  • 07/02 - Roasted Plums
  • 06/29 - Bites of the Big Apple
  • 06/24 - Standing Out in a Field
  • 06/19 - Things I Didn’t Know About Cacao
  • 06/16 - How To Get High on Chocolate
  • 06/12 - Pat's Taqueria, Hanalei, Kauai
  • 06/01 - Don't Be a (Rhubarb) Fool
  • 05/28 - Chocolate. Almond. Fudge. Brownies.
  • 05/21 - Harnessing Microbes To Make Water Kefir
  • 05/19 - Five Steps to Making Nutritious Bone Broth
  • 05/12 - Things to Do in Healdsburg When You’re Hungry
  • 04/29 - Carciofi and Eating Out in Rome
  • 04/20 - Osteria Stellina, Point Reyes Station
  • 04/14 - Mangiare a Roma!
  • 04/05 - Sit Down And Think of England
  • 03/25 - Robert Welch – A British Design Classic
  • 03/23 - Fishing in Folkestone, England
  • 03/03 - How (not) to make chocolate caramel truffles
  • 02/25 - Quick Spinach Soup
  • 02/24 - A Lesson in Tasting From Samin Nosrat
  • 02/10 - State Bird Provisions
  • 02/07 - 5 Ways To Get Real Food Into Your Life
  • 02/03 - The Benefits of Rotational Grazing and Why You Should Care
  • 01/27 - Ad Hoc Restaurant
  • 01/27 - Yountville, Napa
  • 01/21 - Oxbow Market, Napa
  • 01/16 - Eating on a Detox
  • 01/13 - A Detox State of Mind
  • 01/06 - Happy Animals = Amazing Meat
2012
  • 12/30 - Changing the World, One Belly at a Time
  • 12/23 - The Glen Ellen Star
  • 12/19 - CSA – Christmas Every Week
  • 12/16 - A Lesson in Salt From Samin Nosrat
  • 12/09 - The Father of Slow Food
  • 12/06 - Breaking the Fast
  • 12/06 - Protein smoothie recipe
  • 11/30 - A roundabout route to Sonoma
  • 11/27 - Why I love my Vitamix
  • 11/25 - What is real food?
  • 11/23 - Thank you!
  • 11/23 - Why pay more for eggs?
  • 11/23 - The Slow Road To Slow Food

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A little bit of our dressage and SJ action from th A little bit of our dressage and SJ action from the weekend @twinrivershorsepark - Q and I were either great or mediocre during dressage to give us a 36.4 which made it hard to be competitive, but the goal was to finish on our dressage score and feel confident all weekend ✅. We moved up 4 places over the weekend and jumped double clear in both SJ and XC for a top 10 finish. Our rhythm and timing in SJ was probably our best yet. #eventing #areavi #comeback
The sunset was spectacular last night in Paso Robl The sunset was spectacular last night in Paso Robles! #sunset #pasorobles
So fun to watch @tommygreengard on these two speci So fun to watch @tommygreengard on these two special boys: Barry and Josh. 😍
The boy is back in town! Rogee had a blast doing X The boy is back in town! Rogee had a blast doing XC schooling for the first time since February. He was relaxed (shocker!), said yes to everything and although he wanted to shred up the track he listened and was a very good boy 😍😍😍 - so happy with him and I think he had the best day ever 🙌  Looking forward to showing him at @woodsidehorsepark in Oct! #xc #eventing #eventinghorse
My little pocket 🚀 was on 🔥today! I couldn’t have been happier. We jumped all the Training things and tackled some challenging questions. We’ve had a lot of ups and downs since losing some confidence. At one point in June I froze jumping a x-rail 🤷‍♀️. But we have fought our way back, filling in gaps and ultimately our partnership has become even stronger. I’m so proud of her. I have lots of work to do to be fully deserving of this brave girl, but after a day like today it feels like we could conquer anything! (Except dressage 😂 - but we are working on that too!) #eventing #eventinghorse #xc #morganmare #comeback
Fun working on our jumping at home today 1) no st Fun working on our jumping at home today 
1) no stirrups 2) trot verticals 3) adjust canter 4) work a related distance ✅. Felt great. She was keen and took me to the fences 😍 #eventinghorse #morganmare
🎉 New blog post alert! My first story about our 🎉 New blog post alert! My first story about our trip to the Baja peninsula is live - link in bio.  Read all about the fun we had staying and tequila tasting at  @thecapehotel, massages at @cabosurfhotel delicious food at @florafarms and @elhuertof2t  #bajacalifornia #vacationvibes #cabosanlucas #beachday @thecapehotel @florafarms @cabosurfhotel
My handsome boy. The many faces of King Arthur. #b My handsome boy. The many faces of King Arthur. #blacklab #blacklabrador
I would choose them both every time. It’s defin I would choose them both every time.  It’s definitely not easy having two horses and one rider. But I am going to make it work as long as I possibly can because they are part of me. 😍 Can you have two ❤️ horses for different reasons? Because I might have just got that lucky.
It makes me so happy to see Rogee fit, strong and It makes me so happy to see Rogee fit, strong and enjoying his rehabbed body. He’s really learning what he’s can do with himself these days physically and it’s also really rewarding to see his personality shift down a few gears to a generally more relaxed state… #goodboy
I planted these at the end of April - and finally I planted these at the end of April - and finally I get my first harvest!!
Burghley Revisited. What a terrific time we had. # Burghley Revisited. What a terrific time we had. #eventing #5* #burghleyhorsetrials
This 15.1hh stallion stole my heart. Does Q need a This 15.1hh stallion stole my heart. Does Q need a husband? 😍 I mean, that jump. Very much my ride!!!
Scenes of St Paul’s, Trafalgar Square and Fulham Scenes of St Paul’s, Trafalgar Square and Fulham Palace Road at dusk #london
After all the fun and running around of the last w After all the fun and running around of the last week, I spent my last full day in the UK at the spa with @rachaelfaulkner1 who no doubt deserved a day off way more than me! Fun times. And what an amazing week I’ve had. #spaday
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