surviving the heat with your sweetie

Winding Down to September

It's the last full week of summer vacation for school kids, parents, and teachers. And the beginning of what is often the best month of the year in the Northwest. […]

Lazy, Hazy Days

Some summer, huh? Hottest on record in the 'Couve not because of daytime temps but the heat at night. Maybe some cooler temps this week but... So, just in case the […]

I’m Here; You’re There

It's a bit harder this morning to get my head into a recipe for a romantic meal when it's warm—I'm at the coast where the heat wave will be 68 […]

Summer Sizzle III

It's almost the end of July already. How's your summer been? Busy? No time to spend with your favorite person? That's not good, is it? Because if ever a season […]

Summer Heat II

One of my favorite summer treats is cold soup. I have recipes for fruit soup, cold potato and leek soup (vichyssoise), cucumber and lime soup, gazpacho. I love them all. […]

Baby, It’s Hot Outside

Of course it's hot. What do we expect? It's summer. And summer brings heat. It also brings memories of all those warm July and August evenings driving around in convertibles. Going […]

Summer Heats Up

It would have been nicer if summer came on gradually but... Instead it hit with a heat hammer that hasn't let up much. So, the romantic in me has to […]

It’s Too Darn Hot

There's a famous song of that title that says when the temperature gets too high, the impulse for romance goes way down. So here we are in what is an […]

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