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August 24, 2014 The Best Morning Coffee Options with a Recipe for Oatmeal Cookies

Nutmeg loves her coffee.

It is a sad morning for Nutmeg AND a difficult day for Ginger if there is no morning coffee.

Coffee

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August 17, 2014 Cruising El Paseo in Palm Desert

El Paseo in Palm Desert, California gets high marks from well-heeled fashionistas for its array of retail stores. Like “sister” streets around the world iconic, exclusive, name-brand boutiques grace the roadway where gleaming automobiles some more expensive than the average house, are parked close by. It is so customary to see fancy cars that a roaring motor is hardly extraordinary – until there are 300 of them!

Thunderbird

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August 10, 2014 Clementine Gourmet a New Colour in Palm Desert

Tangerine walls, a bold statement in a landscape dotted by countless malls and chain restaurants. If you have spent any time in Mediterranean Europe, you could be forgiven for thinking you left Southern California at the parking lot the moment you enter Clementine Gourmet Marketplace & Cafe. It is a relatively new Mecca of fresh food, robust espresso and persuasive treats.

Morning Cafe

 

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August 3, 2014 Vide Grenier in France

Garage sale? – are you selling your garage?

Nutmeg loves the fact that the French language is descriptive in nature. Vide grenier literally translates into “empty attic”, in other words, a chance to rid your attic of used stuff. Now does that not make sense?

In France, as in North America, the vide grenier season begins in April and runs well through October.  In some villages, there may even be more than one sale in a year – multiple occasions to empty that attic…

Vide-Grenier

 

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