time for some deja vu

Sitting on a bench at the water’s edge just before sunset tonight on St.Paddy’s Day, Santa Monica cruises by. Not the sun kissed California city Scott resided in for years while I was living nearby in Venice Beach, the two of us living in parallel universes that wouldn’t find a sweet intersection until he left […]

migration

The Honeymooners 2007 (c) Katy Allgeyer Cardinals abound in North Carolina. Not the kind that are currently convening in Rome to pick the guy who gets the most text messages from God. Nope. The feathered kind. They are not that common in downtown Los Angeles, but I saw one land on the camelia bush outside […]

gambling on good cake design

A special shout out to Samantha, pastry chef at the Goa Marriott Resort for her award winning cake design. When I went to discuss my ideas for Scott’s birthday cake with her last week I stressed how important it would be to get the details of a roulette wheel accurate because Scott loves roulette as […]

caregivers holiday

With every email from friends and family that urges me to take care of myself as well as Scott, I find myself feeling less and less able to do so. I realize it is mandatory. If I don’t pull myself together I will have nothing left to give Scott when he needs it most. So…..Yesterday […]