Semiserious Chefs

I have enjoyed a newly discovered ‘game’ for assisting with my food and cultural studies. We all Wiki things. This would be a hard fact for any internet savvy “curioso” to deny, but I know that anyone (and everyone) uses Wikipedia as a source for answers. Even if just briefly. This makes searching for more […]

Over the past 9 years, some more active than others, I have been on a personal journey to learn everything I can about the history, cultures, and cuisines of the world. I particularly love how dramatically all three are intertwined. Whenever I score a good regional cookbook I devour it it cover-to-cover as one might […]

One year ago I was privileged with the ability to ‘come back home’ and again be a full time homemaker, mother, and caregiver. I had a huge list of goals that I desired to accomplish and put to ticking them off one at a time.

When living with Cystic Fibrosis the ideal care includes quarterly clinic visits. At at each of these appointments our son (currently 10) will be cared for by many different specialized medical staff members. His vitals are always taken by a Nurse at check-in, he always does a Pulmonary Function Test with a Respiratory Therapist, and […]

Although I refuse to acknowledge that Cystic Fibrosis runs our life I will quickly admit that it is very seriously A Monkey On Our Back. There are two very true things about living in a small space with CF. (I’m not quite willing to call a fifth-wheel a ‘tiny’ home.) ONE: You have to keep […]

If you’re thinking about learning to speak French – or any other language for that matter; please keep reading because I’m going to share with you a few things I’ve come to understand about learning a different language. You see, I’ve been honing (haha, yeah right) my French for a couple years now by utilizing […]

As I mentioned in my previous blog post about traveling to London England, there are a handful of places we want to see while we are here. And in this blog post I’ll be going over a couple of the first places we visited. First off, let me say that if you plan on doing […]

As some of you might know, Vanessa and I like to whip up something delicious from time to time. Don’t tell her, but I’m the better cook… I’m just kidding of course, but we also enjoy traveling and learning about new cultures. Okay, to be fair Vanessa is more open than I am, but I […]

When Vanessa and I first started tossing around the idea of selling our fourplex and moving across the country, I was basically clueless when it came to RVing. Well, I was clueless about a lot of things (still am), but that’s not important here. I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old, I […]

So I figured it’s about time I finally wrote a post about our travels. It’s been nearly 2 full months since we left Anchorage, heading south and east towards some yet to be determined location on the East Coast (I’m voting for New Hampshire). But we’ll figure that out later. I haven’t been able to […]