Nov 26, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Hi, everybody. I’m Allie Halstead. I’m a real estate agent, and I also run a B&B in a big Victorian where I live with my husband and twin ten-year-old boys in Colinas, a lovely little historic town in the scenic wine-producing Alexander Valley about ninety minutes...
Nov 25, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Mornings come early at the bakery. My name is Glory Harper and starting my day at the crack of dawn is something I had to get used to when I began helping my daughter, Macy, in her new bakery, Macy’s on Main. I grew up in the little town of Sweetwater Springs,...
Nov 22, 2024 | A Day In My Life
If it were left to me, my day would start at 10 am. But it isn’t and Max, my gorgeously handsome partner in life, wouldn’t allow me to waste away in bed all day. He is up by 7 and has put the first pot of morning coffee on, knowing that the smell alone will get me up...
Nov 21, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Arson Investigator Angelo Mendez here, with the El Dorado Hills Fire Department, California. Normally I investigate arson, but that day I was asked by the Fire Chief to help cover for the station as we were shorthanded due to COVID. We got the call for a...
Nov 20, 2024 | A Day In My Life
At the sound of raised voices, I hurried out of the kitchen to the lobby of the Three Sisters B&B. My younger sisters were glaring at each other over a half-empty box of flyers for the rescue-animal adoption event downtown we were sponsoring. My next-younger...
Nov 19, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Hello Kitty gave me the finger before dawn, pretty much setting the tone of the day. I was facing a marathon of meetings with my new boss at his beachfront estate at the bottom of Diamond Head, so I squeezed in a jog. As I quickened my pace crossing the empty street,...