Sep 1, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Since we last chatted last October, I’ve morphed from Isabella to Izzy. Gone is the woman who obsessed about everything from having perfect hair to the latest and best designer fashions. Now, I’m more comfortable having my hair in a ponytail and wearing yoga pants and...
Aug 31, 2017 | A Day In My Life
My colleagues and I have been invited to the “Big Island Craft Retreat,” situated on Sea Glass Island, off the coast of South Carolina. We’ll be guest teaching, but we’re all hoping to get some beach time in. It’s been years for all of us. My boyfriend, Adrian is also...
Aug 30, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Hi all, most of you know me by now. I’m happy to be sharing my newest adventure in “Oh, Fudge!” out the end of August. This morning I had a meeting with Blake Gilmore, the manager of the Original Mackinac Island Butterfly House and Insect World. But Blake was not the...
Aug 29, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I whisked chocolate whipped cream with a practice flick of my wrist. I could make the chocolate butter cream for the inside of Jean Pierre’s decadent truffles half asleep. The truth was I had done just that on more than one occasion. Easily, I work over ninety hours a...
Aug 28, 2017 | A Day In My Life
That Saturday began like many of them did: breakfast with Danny at Annabelle’s, a trip down to the dock to check on a shipment of new lobster traps, a couple of afternoon hours spent in the Halloran Lobster Co. office catching up on paperwork. Boring but predictable....
Aug 27, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Running a bed and breakfast like Wits’ End is a dream job, even if I do have to wake up at an ungodly hour to cook for my guests. Because. . . breakfast! It’s the most important meal of the day and in my opinion the best. I won’t say a successful B&B is all about...
