Cala, A Coastal Culinary Experience

Open just over a year, Cala is inside the Senna House, a boutique hotel in Scottsdale. The charming restaurant space, built in the spot that once housed Don & Charlie’s, is owned by Clive Collective, a Phoenix-based hospitality company. With celebrity chef Beau MacMillan at the helm and the young up-and-coming chef Peter McQuaid as…

A Taste of Tucson

Tucson, Arizona, is only a short hour and a half drive from our home in Ahwatukee, and my parents gave us a great reason to spend an evening there. Pre-Covid, they had dinner at the Grill at Hacienda Del Sol during their visit in early 2020; they liked it so much that they bought us…

Texas Hill Wine Country

Our May 2020 trip to Spain/Portugal was canceled due to the world’s most apparent meanie, which is COVID. Like almost everybody, my husband and I spent the rest of the year hanging out at home with the dog. We were fortunate enough to get fully vaccinated relatively early in 2021 and were eager to get…