For the past several years, the Great Dickens Christmas Fair has been on my holiday radar. I first spotted it while researching Bay Area outings for when my guests visit over the Christmas holidays. Unfortunately, the timing never worked out. The fair closes the weekend before Christmas, and my guests arrive a few days later. […]
Category: Holiday
Trimming the Tree
Every year on Black Friday, while others are out hunting for bargains, we put up our Christmas tree. We fetch the boxes from the basement, and I carefully unwrap hundreds of ornaments that have been packed in tissue paper since last January.When looking for ornaments, one of my favorite places to visit is the Orchard […]