On Halloween while visiting family in Atlanta,  I got to visit the amazing Atlanta Botanical Garden. It was so much fun and there were plenty of activities for the kids to experience such as Pumpkin Decorating, Journey to Literacy, Battina the Friendly Witch and let’s not forget the Goblins Runway where the kids had the…

A friend of mine broke up with her boyfriend and since the cabin had been paid for she asked me if I’d join her on the cruise.  I’ve traveled a lot but I had never been on a cruise and had always resisted the idea.  But, I felt bad for my friend and decided to…

So my friends, Elizabeth and Ed invited me to spend the weekend at their summer house in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.  I had never been there before and I was off to a new adventure… So first there’s getting to Little Egg Harbor. I took the train at Penn Station to Long Branch and…

July 4th Weekend. Hmmm. I saw a trip to Vancouver, Seattle and The San Juan Islands and since I had never been to the Pacific Northwest I thought, “Hmmm, Why Not? 🙂 So I flew to Vancouver where I met the group in the middle of the night (So Ugh!) and our hotel was http://www.hotellesoleil.com…

It was time to get out of Dodge and I decided to take a tour to Sicily and The Amalfi Coast.  Long story but the ticket that I was given first took me to Moscow and then from Moscow I flew to Rome.  Proof my Moscow Airport adventure.Lol So I arrived in Rome completely exhausted…

So I decided to join a group of folks and go to Salem, Massachusetts over the weekend.  I figured that there is nothing close in the world like October in Salem, Mass. so what the heck! So we got there late Friday night and stayed at The Colonial Inn in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The next day…

I’ve traveled internationally many times but when this opportunity to spend July 4th, in Alaska appeared, I said, “Of course.” I had no idea what Alaska held for me but I must tell you that I truly fell in love with our 49th State. So what I’m going to do in this blog post is…

So I just got back from an 11 day tour of Croatia and Slovenia.  Seriously, I visited so many places that I’ve decided to give you a general overview of the trip and to let you enjoy the rest in images.  What I can share with you before I give you the itinerary is that…

So the other weekend I went to a Wine and Chocolate Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake which is about 15 minutes from Niagara Falls. I went with a travel company called Circle the World and the weekend was really great! So I have a separate post on the festival under the Food tab but now I just…

It was time to get out Dodge and so I went to Miami to pay a family visit.  The weather was awesome and it was really great to shed the “coat” and “gloves”. 🙂 I also have to admit that it was birthday time and so my sister-in-law and I went to Shucker’s Bar and…