Now that the weather is beginning to yield to fall and things turn gray and temperamental in the Pacific Northwest, I love being by the ocean. Instead of summer sun, iced tea and a trashy novel, think dark, windswept shores, Earl Grey and savoring one of the great works of literature. Or candlelight...
I don't know if it was my sister and I fighting over who got to sit in the pink seat at Denny's way back in the '70s or that I'm burdened by the gray Pacific Northwest "summer" weather. In any case, seeing a feature on a California beach bungalow got my pink and orange heartstrings plucked once again....
As a kid, my family would venture out to a little cabin in the woods during the summer months. It was pretty charming but it seriously pushed it in the "rustic" department. So these days I like to dream about a little getaway that leans a bit more toward the "refined." (Yes, and "quirky" too. It's your...
