Author: Valerie Antkowiak
UPDATE March 1, 2026: Blue Apron has gone through an extensive re-brand and now offers meal kits, ready-made and other options without a subscription. Check out their new offerings and read our updated review....
About a month ago we visited our brother and sister-in-law back east in Connecticut. Joe and Michele are certainly tech-savvy – they have up to date iPhones, a smart TV and both of their...
We love Tuscany and everything about it, the landscape, the food, the wine. Recently we got a chance to visit Lucca, a medieval walled city west of Florence which several friends have recommended as...
We love Italy and we love the outdoors so we have been looking forward to visiting the Cinque Terre, the famous Italian “five towns” on the Mediterranean. We tried to go a few years...
We have both traveled to Milan for business, together and separately. Milan is in the north and the largest business center in Italy, the heart of the country’s banking and fashion industry. The metro...
Last fall we traveled to Italy to see a few new places and revisit two of our favorites. We share our insights to help you plan for your next trip.
We share our experience with Sunbasket organic meal kits. While we love to cook, we don’t love planning meals. Without a plan, we generally default to easy recipes that are not good for us...
After admiring a lot of television chefs, we can now cook sous vide at home with the Joule by ChefSteps. Watching cooking shows taught me that so much restaurant cooking comes from classic French...
We installed the Guardian Leak Prevention System Plus and feel safer knowing we can automatically shut off our home’s water to prevent water damage. Water Leak: False Alarm We use our garbage disposal a...
We have used the Lowe’s Iris smart home hub on and off since 2014. We share our thoughts on the end of the Iris service. Yesterday Lowe’s notified us that Iris is closing their...