Monthly Archives: January 2012
Saint John City Market, New Brunswick, Canada
I like to think I’m organized. I keep spreadsheets and write notes and always, always put my keys back in the right place so I won’t lose them. I go into excruciatingly, annoyingly, anal mode when I am planning a trip and plan every single detail. So when I was just writing a magazine article &hellip Continue reading
Pin ItWordPress for Dummies 4: How to Change “admin” to Your Name.
Once again, I have to reiterate what a WordPress Dummy I am. Please, please tell me that I am not the only person who has had “admin” as the author of every blog post for almost a year and every single time it came up, thought “Huh. I kinda wish that had my name instead &hellip Continue reading
Pin ItAn All-Inclusive Dream at Dreams Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa, Mexico
Walk quickly past the dozens of timeshare sellers at the Puerto Vallarta airport, not acknowledging their spiels with a comment, because you are about to experience a stay at one of the nicest all-inclusive resorts in the area, with Unlimited Luxury where everything is included in the price you have already paid for your getaway. &hellip Continue reading
A Gold Ribbon on the Toilet Paper
Golden sparkles of light on turquoise waves were visible through the sliding glass doors of our gorgeous hotel room at the Dreams Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa as we dropped our suitcases inside the door and began to set our internal clocks to Mexico time. Slow, sultry, and relaxed. Where everything was no problem. And &hellip Continue reading
Pin ItForward all my mail to Condo #4759 Westwinds, Sandestin, Florida. IF ONLY.
I probably should have been more impartial. When Visit South Walton so kindly sent me a list of resorts and hotels willing to have me stay for a few days (seriously, so kind of everyone) for a Girlfriends Getaway with my sister and SIL, one name jumped out at me. Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. &hellip Continue reading
Pin ItThe Marlin Grill, Village of Baytown Wharf, Sandestin, Florida
When I was a little girl, my grandmother lived in Pensacola, Florida. To me, Pensacola was the perfect vacation destination and I remember driving over the bridge out to Santa Rosa island with the smell of salt air blowing in through our open windows and getting that first glimpse of sugar-white, soft sand and &hellip Continue reading
Pin It56 Buttercup Street, A Little Slice of Heaven at the Watercolor Inn & Resort, Florida
You know what’s better than staying at a fabulous beach house in one of the most gorgeous beach areas in the world, eating completely delicious food, shopping until you drop and relaxing on the beach with two of your favorite people in the world? Staying at two different and equally fabulous locations, that’s what. After &hellip Continue reading
Pin ItShopping is Serious Business: A Day at Silver Sands Factory Stores
When we were first married, my husband and I were visiting my grandmother (coincidentally, she lived in Pensacola, right near the South Walton beaches area of Florida where I am now) and she kindly took our rather poverty afflicted selves out to dinner one night. We went to a seafood buffet where my husband proceeded to fill &hellip Continue reading
Pin ItSwimming and Sunning at the Watercolor Inn & Resort
I should probably feel a trifle guilty that it’s going to be in the 30′s at home tonight. I probably should. But I am way too busy doing this to even think about being guilty.
The Auberge Bonaparte Hotel in Montreal, Canada
Turn down the Rue St-Francois-Xavier in Old Montreal and you could be forgiven for thinking you are in the middle of Paris. The beautiful, carved stone buildings. The cobblestone streets. The view of the river wending through the city. But as you drive down this quiet lane, look carefully or you will miss one of &hellip Continue reading
