Carolina Bon Vivant

Inspiration for living your best life after fifty

  • July 3, 2022

    Pad Thai for 25+

    Wow. Those three years went by pretty fast! That was my first reaction to seeing that I had not posted anything since May 2019. Then it occurred to me what happened in May 2019… I took on an administrative role as the director of our graduate program. Guess what happened last week? I completed my…

  • May 7, 2019

    5 things to do right now if your allergies are driving you crazy

    Spring comes slowly to the mountains, but it is finally here – bringing with it a whirlwind of pollen.  Word is that this allergy season is worse than usual and that people who don’t normally have sinus and allergy issues are rubbing their eyes, wiping their noses, and taking naps trying to sleep off sinus…

  • January 1, 2019

    Happy New Year — I’m Back

    A new year, new possibilities, new opportunities, new adventures. Evolve. Make more money, be more creative, experience more love and connection. 

  • November 14, 2016

    Packing for Spa Day

      I am way overdue for a day of indulgence so a couple of weeks ago, a friend and I booked Spa Day Packages at Westglow Spa and Resort in Blowing Rock for this Wednesday.  Westglow is local for us — it’s about 20 minutes from my house — but has an international reputation with awards…

  • March 18, 2016

    Spinach Salad with Curried Almonds

    Seafood, greens, nuts and beans.

  • March 14, 2016

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  • March 13, 2016

    Orlando Bourbon

    I wasn’t much looking forward to my three day trip to Orlando. I’m kinda done with traveling alone. While I would know one person at the conference at which I was presenting — my co-author — that was likely going to be it. After days on end of gray mountain skies, the promise of sunshine…

  • March 9, 2016

    Sloppy Joe Sliders

    On my drive south from the mountains to my favorite little creek in Lower Alabama a couple of days ago,  I  entertained myself listening to podcasts via my Stitcher app. Two of the podcasts, including this Bon Appetit piece on retro comfort foods, talked about our nostalgia for the foods we grew up eating.  Our…

  • March 1, 2016

    Smoked Gouda Mac & Cheese

    Winter in the mountains is long and cold and requires copious amounts of comfort food. We are having spring-like weather this week, a lovely treat, but I know better than to think we won’t have another blizzard or two before it really warms up. This time of year though, I do start thinking about favorite…

  • February 23, 2016

    Paté de Campagne

    Paté de Campagne was not something I grew up eating in south Mississippi in the seventies.  I discovered the joys of  country paté when I moved to New Orleans after college, and regularly indulged thanks to  Martin Wine Cellar‘s deli. Then I discovered that George, most everyone’s favorite Southern Yacht Club bartender, made paté.  …

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