play it again, sam

There are very few female chefs in India. The Goa Marriott has two. Chef Samantha is one of them. Sam’s award winning cake design captured a roulette wheel perfectly for Scott’s birthday party. Most mornings Sam and colleague Chef Pradeep come over to my breakfast table to say hello. Makes all the difference in the […]

v.i.p. treatment @ casino royale

We’d been talking about doing it since we arrived in Goa mid November. Last night we finally did it! Though neither of us were expecting to do it like this…Just before sunset a complimentary car arrived to whisk us off to the pier where we were escorted as VIPs to the tender boat that brought […]

our gang

This is Gang (pronounced Gahng-guh, in two syllables). She is a nursing school graduate and one of our fantastic Team Scotto healthcare workers. Gang comes daily on her scooter to watch my Scooter or be on standby within earshot if he needs assistance. She gets here after her morning gig, around 1:30pm, and stays about […]

flower power

It’s noon in Goa on Monday. We’re sitting at the Azur Cafe where Scott has his portable studio set up and has been working on a new piece. One of my favorite things about India is the exotic abundance of floral arrangements on display and how flowers are used to transform daily mundane events into […]

keeping our romance alive

Our second ‘date night’ this week. Scott Morgan knows how to show a girl a good time. I don’t think I’ll ever feel so loved and pampered as I do with Hercules Picasso. Our liaisons impossible has turned out to be very possible. My true love planned our romantic date ahead of time with Peter, […]