Lisa Moore

An entire day of steady spring rain left my garden so happy and a delight to behold.  The front garden has been in the ground for about five years now and is really beginning to look as I had imagined.  We did not install the garden immediately upon moving into the house, as I needed to think about it for a year or two before ...

We had the most spectacular meal last night.  I'm not bragging about my culinary expertise, it just that time of year that we get the most beautiful ingredients and it's impossible to make something less than fabulous unless you fiddle with it too much.  I know that unless you are fortunate enough to live on the coast that ...

Live oaks are practically worshiped here in Savannah.  My street is lined on either side with twisted, old live oaks dripping with Spanish moss. In the summer, our front yard is the preferred spot during the hot days, as the oaks shade and cool, and the movement of the Spanish moss can fool you into thinking there really is a ...

My family has a collective obsession with houses.  Sydney, age 8, enjoys looking at the houses we drive by and imagines the improvements she would make were the home hers.  John, makes a living renovating and restoring homes and I sell homes.  Yesterday, I listed a magnificent historic home that has decayed for many,many ...

My dear husband cooks dinner on Sunday nights and last night's offering consisted of burgers with potato salad.  Just like the fried chicken quest, he is now searching for burger perfection.  He even grinds the meat, but that's another story--this about potato salad.  I consider myself to have a rather sophisticated, ...

I've been down and out with a nasty cold this week and dreaming of all the food that I would make were I able to drag myself out of bed.  Chicken noodle soup is the obvious, but there's spaghetti with meatballs, squash casserole, miso soup and deviled eggs.  The concept of comfort food is fascinating really--that there are ...

The possibility of snow makes front page news here in Savannah.  According to the newspaper this morning, it has been 14 years since Savannah has seen snow.  My daughter has never seen snow and is utterly convinced that she will this evening.  If I were back in North Carolina, or even Atlanta, everyone would be rushing out to the ...

I just can't stop thinking about the tiara--probably since my daughter is leaving it the car just in case she needs it, and I'm wondering  just how common tiara wearing is these days.  A few years ago, when my niece, Patricia, was about my daughter's age, she wore a tiara for her school picture.  Fortunately, her daddy ...

Very likely due to the fact that we have both have fanatical, never miss a game, yelling at the TV sports loving fathers and brothers, my husband and I are not much for watching sports.  This year we made an exception, as John is a New Orleans boy, and watched the Super Bowl (after chowing down on that fried chicken).  We ...

Since one of our friends was given the boot by his wife (deservedly), my husband decided to take over Sunday night cooking.  He has been cooking for about 5 years now and has become quite good at it.  What began as a genuine attempt to be more helpful around the house, has developed into a weekly adventure for him in that he has come to ...