It was a shared moment of tables lined with the freshest ingredients from the coast, and light bubbles of sparkling non-alcoholic wine catching the golden light of the evening. As guests met on the porch, vibrant colored dishes were the perfect touch for an evening spent together. New friendships unfolded on the grounds of Santa Barbara, Portugal.

Our summer menu included a fresh salad with:

Burrata
Grilled peaches
Fresh basil leaves
Extra virgin olive oil
Toasted ciabatta

A culinary art form paired with the soft cadence of our Saudade in the Sun playlist dedicated to the places that stay with you long after you've left.

Perhaps they are the only parts of life that are entirely our own. Decades later, we tell stories about them, knowing they can never be fully understood by anyone else. They belonged only to us exactly the way we felt living them.