My 12 Favorite Newborn Essentials
Now that we have a rough and tumble one year old toddler, it is time to finally post all my recommendations for newborns. I think of myself…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Dear Lucille: One Year!
We made it! You have survived your first trip around the sun and have turned into my favorite little person. Your first word this month…
Modern Art at Lisbon’s Museu Coleção Berardo
Technically, the Museu Coleção Berardo is in Belem, a suburb of Lisbon. It's a giant building just 10 years old - constructed with future expansion in mind.…
Lisbon’s Museum of Portuguese Decorative Arts
I have a fondness for smaller museums, tiny gems that are off the beaten track. Usually housed in old palaces or mansions that are as…
Lamb Pilaf with Preserved Lemons, Mint and Eggplant
I picked up the most gorgeous baby eggplant - the size of Cadbury Creme Eggs and almost as delicious - at farmer's market over the…
Dear Lucille: Month Eleven
What a month! You spent June in a whirlwind of pointing, crawling and charming strangers all across Europe. Oh, the pointing! You are so, so…
Dear Lucille: A Belated Month Ten
We've been busy! Your 10th month feels divided into two parts: the bustling weeks as we prepared to go to Europe and then a happy…
Lisbon’s National Tile Museum
Lisbon is packed with so many amazing museums! One of the first on our agenda was the National Museum of tile, aka: "Museu Do Azulejo." This…
Celebrating St. Anthony and Sardines During June’s Festas de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal
We had no idea what we were getting into when we first arrived in Lisbon, Portugal for a two week stay in the historic Alfama district…
A Quick Stop at Averbury Stones for 6,000 Years of History
Last post from England! On our way back from Bath, we made a small detour to see the Avebury Stones (with a sighting of the Westbury…