Wally & Lulu sleep away the month!

It is true…this is a month that one needs to take a long rest.  It is the month I turn a year older, the month I question all those resolutions made just days before, the month I question owning a store (didn’t I tell you to talk to me in January about all that love of retail!).  January just isn’t pretty, no matter how much you might love the cold!

This bag says it all! Pictures to come.

Don, John from PatchNYC & Maren Rossman at Oleana!

If you haven’t been to Oleana, in Cambridge MA, you must go today…this very minute!  It is one of my favorite places for the best ever food!  Ana Sortun, the chef owner, also owns Sofra. Which is my other favorite for coffee, pastry, a wee treat of exotic luncheon fare.  Ana teaches a few cooking classes a year at Sofra and, on occasion, hosts tours to celebrate the cuisine of other cultures.  Though I have taken the classes, I have yet to do the food tour…not yet anyway!

Diane Hanna at Kiskadee Coffee shop in Plymouth, MA

So here is what I want to tell you about Diane…other than the fact that I am a big fan of her work.  She is a poet, a special and unique teacher and a remarkable talent who wears layers of netting and practical shoes.  She hosts a writers’ workshop each February at the store.  The dates this year are the 21st & 22nd…limit is twelve lucky people per day.  If you’re on my email list, you will be hearing about the event, if not, check out the website for details.  Join us with your blank notebooks and your pens for a day of magic!