Dining in Style: India in Cascais
dated 2008-01-16 | posted in columns | topic Lifestyle | permanent link
With a mixture of outspoken arrogance and mild embarrassment I have deliberately avoided eating at the popular Mayura India Restaurant right next door to my home. For the past 10 years, the affable co-owner, Prem, has intermittently asked me,
Patricia why don’t you eat at our restaurant?
And I always gave the same answer.
“Because of the smoking.”
My husband, Don, often sneaked in after I was asleep, probably trying to supplement ...
Beyond Pet Food
dated 2007-11-20 | posted in columns | topic Lifestyle | permanent link
Beyond Pet Food
The controversy goes on about what and how to feed my dogs. Take Cláudia, for example: she swears by the raw meat diet for her pooch. Cláudia scowls at me for feeding my dogs only dry food . When I ask about the parasites and bacteria that might live in the raw liver, steak and chicken she throws to Napoleon, she scoffs that the dog loves it ( no brainer!) and is healthy and robust. Mine, she says, are deprived and longing fo ...
Stuart Schulyer
dated 2007-10-02 | posted in columns | topic Lifestyle | permanent link
When asked the secret to his longevity, Stuart Schulyer, who turned 89 on September 26, answered, “Order the house wine. It’s just as good as the others and wait until you are 88 to have heart surgery.” Bounding with optimism, good humor and a life full of friends and adventure, Stuart epitomizes the positive spirit that generally graces those who live life to its fullest, longest and healthiest.
I have known Stuart for the 16 years I’v ...
Less is More
dated 2007-06-11 | posted in columns | topic Lifestyle | permanent link
In January, I read an article entitled “Women Who Do Too Much." Immediately, the ideas resonated with me, I know at one that I was one of “them”, the overworking, overdoing women. Then I began to examine areas of my life: specific areas of excess. My findings and subsequent, ongoing lifestyle changes are as follows:
First Category: Work
I used to pride myself on how hard, how long and how well I worked—every day. If a new student called ...