I favor the tawnies when I’m in the U.S. and seeking a weekly quaff, for their balance of blue and red fruits touched with light notes of caramel—and sometimes a tinge of hazelnut as I found in this version of Dow’s recent release.
The giddiness rolled over me like laughing waves…as I sped down I-81 towards North Carolina, the realization hit me. North…
Like going on a pilgrimage, I prepared for the journey by determining what I could afford to carry back with…
A year gone now, since we prepped the pups for their transatlantic return to the US. With that anniversary passing,…
The tweet leaped out from my feed as I scrolled through in the darkness. When I cannot sleep, I’m often…
At this time last year, we’d already had our 12 raisins on the beach at Praia das Maçãs…I didn’t know…
Living in Praia das Maçãs was the first time I’d ever lived next to the ocean. We fell asleep to…
While we preferred those fruits of our Random Garden most of all, we were able to flesh out our weekly…
As happenstance would have it, our first visit to Óbidos took place on Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Semana…
Before I moved to Portugal, I knew I would write about it. The writing’s a constant in my life, like…