When I first moved to Myrtle Beach, new local friends would sometime express amazement that I actually spent so much time on the beach. Summer, fall, winter, spring, you’d find me there at all kinds of times that weren’t at high noon in the summer. One of my favorite times was whenever some kind of [...]
How to travel for less. Budget luxury travel ideas for Palm Beach So your budget is tight but your taste is that of Worth Avenue? Let’s face it; being on a budget is no fun. Get a luxury fix by tapping into the world known for “Power and Gold,” Palm Beach. Here’s a value luxury [...]
You there – you know who you are. You think you know everything there is to know about how to pack a suitcase? When you travel, do you bring a pile of luggage that would make Joan Collins blush? Perhaps you fret about surviving without a full closet, so you fit as much as possible into [...]
Part one of a three part series on visiting Corfu Arrival: The spring sun was setting brilliantly over the Ionian Sea as my six friends and I boarded our ferry in Igoumenitsa, Greece, and headed for the island of Corfu. We clambered up to the top deck, found spots on slatted wooden benches, and let [...]
This past week I spent several days on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with family. One of everyone’s favorite things about this beach house was the oceanfront gazebo. (or IS the oceanfront gazebo – some of us, not me, are still there It was a favorite gathering spot. For several of us it was [...]
Solo Travel for Women. Is it actually good for your health? We think so. Traveling alone for some may be a daunting thought. Visions of your plane landing with no one to greet you at the gate make you shiver, or the thought of having dinner solo could set you into a potential, panic attack. [...]
It’s easy for life in the suburbs to be tame. Here we are, living almost right on top of each other, but with our fences, driveways and diverse lawn mowing patterns. Our boundaries are very visible with sharp corners. As inhabitants we get excited over the doorbell ringing, sudden cracks of thunder in the late [...]
On the third weekend of July 2009, I not only felt incredibly lucky to be visiting Venice with my family, I felt lucky to be in the right place at the right time. We had chosen to travel to this unique city on water on the weekend of The Feast of the Redeemer (Festa del [...]
Macaroon Boutique, Charleston, SC Recently I heard someone declare the macaroon as the new cupcake. Personally I think that there is plenty of room for both macaroons and cupcakes at the tippy top of my personal food pyramid. First let’s talk about the spelling. There’s the French, macaron, and the English, macaroon. The two major [...]
Day Trip from Rome Ask any Roman, and they’ll all tell you the same: the favorite day-trip destination within an hour’s drive beyond Italy’s bustling capital, is the Castelli. The Castelli Romani–which is Italian for, “Roman Castles”–is a group of communes in the province of Rome, located at short distance from the Eternal City, at [...]
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Silence, Color and Architecture on Lake Orta, Italy by @gomarwrites
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