This week in The Pearl – January 23, 2026


A quiet week for us, which is nice to have now and then. Thanks to video calls we were able to chat with our friends in Paris, and with our Japanese daughter in Tokyo, who has two adorable little ones. For Sunday Lunch Tricia made mushroom tartlets for out entrée, I made a goat cheese…

This week – not in The Pearl – January 8, 2025


Writing this from our deck in San José del Cabo, the quieter village 40 minutes east of the party city. Quiet is relative, but such is life, at least not much in the way of late night revelry here. The highlight of the weekend, before we left for Mexico, was Saturday when we met up…

This week in The Pearl – December 19, 2025


A good week in The Pearl, quite rainy, but we had nothing like our friends to the north in the Seattle area, nor in areas of Oregon that were hit pretty hard with power outages and flooding. We stayed close to home except to venture out to visit friends and go to a birthday party….

This week in The Pearl – back from Seattle


We spent last weekend in Washington. Friday was our 38th anniversary so, as I reported in last week’s post, we went to La Conner for a few days, then the rest of the trip was with friends and family in Seattle. Be sure to check out Tricia’s post this week for some great photos and…

This week in The Pearl – actually La Conner


We did spend the weekend in The Pearl. The cold weather made the warmth of the Mediterranean sound so inviting. For Sunday lunch I took inspiration from the roulade I did for Thanksgiving. We had a lone chicken breast in the freezer so I used gruyere, and spinach for a filling and did another roulade…