by niccolapiccola | Nov 5, 2015 | Camping, holiday food, lunch/ brunch ideas, parties!, salads
Behold the time change! And welcome to fall, early nights, the approaching holiday season and cooler temperatures! For the past month I’ve been listening to people complain that it’s too hot here and lo and behold we finally get some autumn-feeling weather...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 22, 2015 | News & Updates, Quick dinner ideas, yoga, yoga thieves
Have you heard the big news in the world of yoga? The founder of Bikram Yoga, Bikram Choudhury, lost a court appeal to copyright a sequence of 26 poses and two breathing exercises. The court ruled that the sequence, performed in a heated room more than 100 degrees, is...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 15, 2015 | breakfast, Eating Italian, lunch/ brunch ideas, News & Updates, Quick dinner ideas
What a glorious day! I’m typing this post while listening to the rain and thunder! Can you believe it? No? Me neither. I never imagined I would miss the sound, smell and taste of rain as much as I do these days living through a drought. When I lived in Chicago,...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 8, 2015 | holiday food, lunch/ brunch ideas, Quick dinner ideas, slow cooking, soups
I really wish California would decide whether it’s summer or fall here. Today it’s about 90 degrees out and just yesterday it was a cool 70. I am so confused as to what to wear, what to make for dinner and if it’s too early, or not, to start making...
by niccolapiccola | Sep 24, 2015 | Baked goodies, breakfast, cheese and wine, Desserts and Yum Yums, lunch/ brunch ideas, News & Updates, yoga
And just like that another fall is upon us! And with it brings warm drinks, cozy sweaters, carving pumpkins, apple picking, movie nights and the leaves changing. Since I’m New England born and bred, I can honestly say there’s no better foliage than on I-95...
