Author’s note: This is a continuation of a series of blogs about the experience of watching my daughter, Chef Dakota Weiss, make her way through Bravo TV’s… Read more “My Top Chef Cheftestant Kid Plays With Food”
Tag: Mothering
Cowboy Up & Ride This Rodeo Called Top Chef, Dear Daughter.
Author’s note: This is a continuation of a series of blogs about the experience of watching my daughter, Chef Dakota Weiss, make her way through Bravo TV’s… Read more “Cowboy Up & Ride This Rodeo Called Top Chef, Dear Daughter.”
Beef or Rattlesnake For Top Chef Quick-Fire?
Of course I had more questions than ask.com, but I knew Dakota was limited in her ability to answer. Top Chef new seasons and episodes are hush-hush.
A Berry Pie, A Pale Carpet, & A Top Chef Future?
After a 1986 spring visit to the chi-chi shops of Palm Springs, a Southwestern pastel pallet of peach, mauve and teal inspired a redo of our harvest… Read more “A Berry Pie, A Pale Carpet, & A Top Chef Future?”
Top Chef Contestant Bucks Up–‘Cuz Mama Said
In other words, buck up. Deal with it. Take responsibility. I couldn’t do everything. Skid marks cut and scarred my own learning curve. It sounds hard-lined, but as mother, father, earner and guide, the options ranged between zero and nothing.
Top Chef Cheftestant Mama
Dakota’s road to Top Chef began after a long labor some 30-plus years ago in my home where I gave birth to Dakota. The unconventional birthing included a male midwife, my late husband, a psychic, an astrologer, and my Siamese cat who was very concerned throughout the entire 22-hour birthing drama.
I Kept The Positive Door Opened And What A Result!
Once again, it proved to me that during these times of challenge and change, forward movement fueled by positive words and vision naturally shuns opposing wills draped in negativity and self-service.
A Cemetery Hunt Brings Me To The Table
“It would be a good idea to find your mother’s grave,” spouse gently suggested. “Sure, someday we’ll do that,” was my oft-repeated and irritated response. The inevitable… Read more “A Cemetery Hunt Brings Me To The Table”
Welcome to the Muse Pallet
Blogs, photos, books, ideas, musings…all splashes of paint from a pallet inside my head. From my former blogs, www.sixohdear.blogspot.com, and http://www.amothersperspective.blogspot.com, I have posted my favorites. I’ll add… Read more “Welcome to the Muse Pallet”
The Muse Pallet 