Our Rosarito climate never ceases to amaze. A short journey south on a well traveled road took me away from the coastal fog on to Black Cross Winery. On Sunday, third of May, my wife Bunny Wingate Tavares conducted the first book signing of her new book, “Gentleman Tom and the Cookelfeffer” at Black Cross Winery and All the Pretty …
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I was born in the concrete jungle of New York City with no horse in sight, but for some reason the first word I ever said was “horse”, some kind of unexplained love affair from age two. My Dad took me to Madison Square Garden every November for the National Horse Show, and he took me riding in Central Park …
Read More »A Bronx Girl
I was an adorable two year old when I was uprooted from my Brooklyn digs and transported to the hills of the Bronx. My parents were convinced that the altitude in the Bronx was far superior to anywhere else in New York. My Dad could never really explain this theory but he stuck by it for more than forty years. …
Read More »Villa Moreno – La Mision Horse Whisperer
Walking the boardwalk in La Mision, I noticed that most of the guys renting their horses keep them firmly tied to a line. But another group of horses are just standing around, like people at a cocktail party. No ties, no restraints at all. After asking around I learned that these horses belong to Villa. One day I found him …
Read More »Horsing Around Can Be Serious Business
“The more deeply engaged I have become with horses and the people who love them, the more astonishing my awareness that we are all connected.” Carter Heyward Let’s just say it this way – horses and I have had a fairly complicated relationship through the years. As a young girl I had a model horse collection that I loved to …
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