Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, Ralph (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). Our daughter, Emmie, plays a supporting role on the blog -- she's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. Ralph and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...

August 13th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Gorgeous summer fruits! Nothing tastes better than those heirloom varieties straight off the vine.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:08 am
You’re so right. I’ve been popping the cherry sized ones like candy!
August 13th, 2008 at 1:12 am
the tomato closest to the camera… what is it??
Is it purple? Curious about the taste.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:53 am
love the colors!
August 13th, 2008 at 3:24 am
Great photo. Now for some reason I’m hungry for tomatoes… hmmm. Haha.
See my post here, and/or my whole blog I Was Born2Cree8.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:25 am
Very interesting pikture. Did you know that even dogs can like eating tomato? Yup, I do.
Reba @ Reba”s Run
or this dog”s “>http://rebasrun.blogspot.com/2.....ay_12.html> Woofless Wednesday
August 13th, 2008 at 8:28 am
You’ve about covered it
August 13th, 2008 at 8:28 am
great pic!
August 13th, 2008 at 9:21 am
The purple tomato is an heirloom (a cherokee purple, I think) and all of the tomatoes except the smaller red ones in the middle are from my CSA (the middle ones came out of my garden).
Thanks for the kind comments, everyone!
August 13th, 2008 at 11:19 am
What a delicious photo! And educational.