Immersed in the World
Stories of travel, food and people
  • Best of
  • About
  • The Book
  • Excerpt
  • The Resort
  • Press
Simon on beach

Then and now

On September 27, 2011 · 9 Comments

It’s early Saturday morning, the kids are asleep, and I’m typing away at the table.  

I’m writing a scene in my memoir where Brian and I return by boat to our off-the-grid resort after two open water dives that’ll go toward our diver certification and we find the private bay full of yachts and the beach swarming with people. We had given all of our staff, [...]

Continue Reading →
cooking-for-the-homeless-st-clouds

Volunteers cook for the homeless at Seattle restaurant, St. Clouds

On January 25, 2011 · 11 Comments

St Clouds is the kind of restaurant that every neighborhood wants. The moment you walk in, you feel instantly welcomed, everyone from families to groups of friends to couples savor the made-from-scratch upscale comfort food, and the live music often gets customers up and dancing in the middle of the dining room.

Those are all great reasons [...]

Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving-turkeys

My recent life in food

On December 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Recently I noticed, while going through my camera roll, just how many food related photos my family has taken lately.

People often ask who cooks in our family. They want to know if I’m eating chef prepared meals every day. My husband is a chef after all.

Unfortunately for me, for most of our life together, he’s [...]

Continue Reading →
  • IMMERSED: The Book!
    A Remote Island Resort, A Young Family, An Adventure Beyond Their Wildest Dreams

  • Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on Google+Follow Us on TwitterFollow Us on PinterestFollow Us on StumbleUponFollow Us on RSS
  • Receive new posts by email!


  • www.flickr.com
  • Topics

    • Backstory
    • food
    • people
    • travel
    • Uncategorized
    • writing
  • Recent Posts

    • Help me make decisions about my book
    • The Innkeeper is open!
    • Then and now
    • Finding my way
    • Across the cafe table: at the beach
    • My 7 links
    • Salmonberry pancakes
    • At the sea under the moon
    • Lunar eclipse
    • Carrying water
    • Edison, Washington: the perfect tiny town
    • This moment part 2
    • Golden Glen Creamery
    • This moment
    • Big white ball
  • Facebook Like Box

    *
  • Tags

    adventure alternative energy aviation bathrooms beach Black Bottle blogging book Brian Durbin camping caribbean Caribbean food coffee connecting cooking cooking schools costa rica diana mccaulay dinghy experiential travel flying food Grantourismo hawaii HomeAway Holiday Rentals island japan Japanese food kauai kids Nicaragua off the grid Petit Byahaut photography restaurants road trip san juan islands Seattle seattle restaurants St. Vincent & the Grenadines sustainable travel travel travel memoirs Washington State writing
  • Archives

  • Twitter feed

    • Still a few seats left for tonight's Coyote Central Guest Chef Tuesday: BLACK BOTTLE http://t.co/tHZaYuwg Come support youth in the kitchen! 2012-10-09
    • @racheljmac Thanks for the follow! I SO want to go to Zanzibar. And Ethiopia. Looking forward to following your stories. :) 2012-10-09
    • @jonclinch Congrats on deciding to self-publish The Thief of Auschwitz. And thank you for leading the way! 2012-10-09
    • Books, authors, Seattle! RT @RonCharles Amazon isn't the whole story: Feeling bookish in #Seattle http://t.co/Yt6kyXsQ 2012-10-09
    • Just followed. RT @gatespoverty A 13 Year Old Mother in Tanzania Shares Her Story on Pinterest: http://t.co/8PyIbICP #DayoftheGirl 2012-10-09
    • More updates...

    Posting tweet...

    • Find me on Twitter!
"Unknown Twitter error." — njdurbin

Immersed in the World

Pages

  • Best of
  • About
  • The Book
  • Excerpt
  • The Resort
  • Press

The Latest

  • Help me make decisions about my book
    Hi everyone! It’s been a busy couple of months! I finally passed my manuscript […]

More

Thanks for dropping by! Feel free to join the discussion by leaving comments, and stay updated by subscribing to the RSS feed.
© 2011 Immersed in the World
Platform by PageLines