Summer. The time for our big family trips. We’ve made some memories on our travels – camping in Evie on the Out West trip. Living […]
somewhere that feels like “home”
As I stepped into the hotel breakfast Saturday morning, I knew I was home. Not my real home of course, but a place that was […]
Ireland Trip: June 2015
Daily Trip Diary Day 0: ATL > NYC > Shannon Day 1: Shannon > Galway Day 2: Galway > Mullaghmore > Londonderry (UK) > Portballintrae […]
spring break sadness
Feeling melancholy at the moment. Missing the years where the girls and I were on the road as much as we were home. I love […]
local isn’t all that great
For me, at least. Yes, I love connecting with my neighbors. Volunteering locally. Being a pedestrian. Buying locally. But I get lost when I am […]
Greece Trip : April 2014
Daily Trip Diary Day -3: Trip preparations Day 0: Heading to Paris Day 1: Paris to Piraeus Day 2: Piraeus to Crete Day 3: Crete […]
not trip planning
For the first time in what seems like forever, I am not in trip-planning mode. I’m not studying maps. I’m not searching for what I […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: Coney Island
This week’s Monday Dream is once again not my dream but more my daughter Chloe’s dream. Though I admit, this is one that, in some […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: VW Poptop
Oh yeah. I’ve dreamed about this since I was four years old. I knew very little about the world, but I knew I had to […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: Paris
How cliché can you get? But yes, today I dream of Paris. It is hard to believe that a year and a half has passed […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: (The Wonderful World of) Disney
Ah Disney. Every family dreams of heading to Disney. Or not. I personally don’t dream of Disney. But my kids sure do…almost as much as […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: Wild West
I dream of not only showing my children the world, but also our country. We’ve made many a road trip here in the US, but […]
best of both worlds
As we sit here in the hotel in New Orleans (it is pouring at the moment and we are waiting for my mom to get […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: Civilized Air Travel
Sitting in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport, having just had my first TSA pat-down, I can’t help but dream of the days of civilized air travel. […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: Home!
So often am I dreaming of trips we have taken or trips I want to take, that I forget to live in the moment and […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: Planning for 2011
Yesterday, as I reviewed our travels from 2010, I was amazed at all the places, new and old, that we visited in one year, and […]
Year in Review: 2010
January: As we usually do, we started the new year off at the cabin. While there, we went on lots of
Mondays are for Dreaming: Knowing When to Divert the Flow
As I sit here, watching the sun rise over the Atlantic Ocean, I am having a difficult time dreaming of being anywhere else at the […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: Pont du Gard
“Mommy, the Romans didn’t have train tracks, right?” “No.” “Okay, but they did have bridges, right?” “Yes, remember the big one we went to in […]
Mondays are for Dreaming: Hakone, Japan
When I woke this morning, I was not dreaming of Japan. But, as I sipped coffee and read the news this morning, this article from […]