After working over the weekend at one of our shows, I spent a few days at Doyet’s. We had plans, but a drizzle that fell late Sunday and actually drenched most of the country stayed put and so did we. There’s nothing more intrinsically sad and lethargic than bright autumn trees drooping and sodden with rain.

I had the small heater on the whole day in the spare bedroom. I worked remotely in the morning and went to the gym in the afternoon. I had coffee on-tap. I took long, sweet dreamless naps. I ate Doyet’s food which always perfectly aligns to my memory of how they’re cooked back home in the Philippines. I couldn’t have gotten a better vacation no matter how brief, or basic.

Just the three Fs- food, family and fitness.