Spontanaity…a trip to Pacific Grove…& a new wedding venue!
About a month ago, my sister, my cousin, a friend and I got an invitation to a mutual friend’s 60th birthday up in the Monterey/Carmel area. These are the...
Category: Travel
Maine…on to Bar Harbor
We left early Saturday morning for our drive up the coast of Maine from Portland to Bar Harbor, with a stop to see Pemaquid Point, my mom’s summer vacatio...
Maine…Lighthouses and Lobstah…first stop, Portland!!
I was planning for a week long home exchange with my friends in Brooklyn to see Austin, Kate and baby Jude, when my friend, Val and I were chatting about how we...
A Visit to the Whitney Museum
I’ve always loved visiting Austin and Kate in NY two to three times a year…to see them and take advantage of their proximity to Manhattan. Since bab...
One Week, Two trips & A Lighthouse Discovery…Part II
So I got back from San Francisco late on Wednesday night, went to work on Thursday and got up early Friday to head up to my sister’s for the annual drive ...
One Week, Two trips…and a Lighthouse Discovery
I’ve been signed up for “alert” emails from various airlines and travel websites for quite some time…and every once in awhile there̵...
More New York/Brooklyn….Hey Jude!
So, as you know, adorable granddaughter, Jude, was born on my birthday in December, so I’ll be visiting Austin, Kate & Jude a bit more often than my u...
Motivational Monday…Flowers
The earth laughs in flowers….Ralph Waldo Emerson Where flowers bloom, so does hope…Lady Bird Johnson (…went to the Carlsbad flower fields yest...
Dancing at Dawn
I’ve wanted to do this since I first heard about it back in early 2015….as their website says “DAYBREAKER is a social movement that gets peopl...
A Walk on the LES
That stands for Lower East Side in NY-speak. Kate & Jude went on an outing together (at 3 wks old..go Kate!) and Austin was at work, so I thought I’d head i...