A lifestyle blog for finding MAGIC every day!
July 4th, for Me, was Always, Always at the Ocean. Fire Island, Long Island. Crack of Dawn Morning till Dark. 3 Meals. With the Entire Extended Family Tons of Sun. Running with Sparklers Along the Shore at Day’s End. New Mexico Doesn’t Offer the Same Perks. …
Are You in the Kids-Summer Traveling-Solo Boat??? A Tad Scary, Right? Plan. I Suspect “Plan” will be Engraved on my Headstone. A Sobering Thought. But it’s True. The best way to deal with Kids traveling Solo is to Plan the Trip. Beginning. Middle. End. All the Luggage Choices. Clothing Options. Electronics. Essentials. And Make …
The First Long Weekend of Summer. Are You Traveling? Maybe This Trip You’ll Find Your Soul Place? Or Perhaps You Already Have. But What Exactly is a Soul Place? And How Can You Tell When You’ve Found It? I Was Curious and Checked With the Experts and This is What I Found… 5 Tips for …
“I have discovered that there is romance in food when romance has disappeared from everywhere else. And as long as my digestion holds out, I will follow romance.” Ernest Hemingway. What Goes Into Your Best Meal Ever? Is It Really All About the Food? Or is it Something More? Perhaps it’s as Hemingway says, Romance …
Simple. Two Words. START EARLY. We are a Family of 4. With School-Age Kids. Full-Time Working Parents. Travel for Us is When Everyone is Free to Travel. So to Beat the Crowds and Get the Most of the Vacation Time…. YES, START EARLY. 4:30AM Early. On the Airport Parking Bus to the Airport. 6AM. Flight …
Disneyland. California. Outrageously Expensive. Crowded. Miles of Walking. Endless Hours of Waiting. Silliness. Goofiness. Winding Lines. 70 Minute Waits. 2.5 Minute Attractions. $6 Hot Dog. $10 Bag of Carmel Corn. $92 Lunch with Show for Everyone over 7. Why Disney? Because It is the Perfect Backdrop for Magic. Together with the People You Love. Experiencing …
Hollywood is Back. A New Mega-Blockbuster Movie is Being Filmed in My Neighborhood. Eye-Spy. Here’s the Scoop. An Early Morning Drive to Work and School. Downtown Albuquerque 8AM. Movie Trucks Line the Streets. Streets and Alleys are Barricaded. I Roll Down the Car Window and Yell Across a Vacant Lot to a Film …
According to the Experts, the Worst Time to Visit Disney is Easter/Spring Break. Crowds at Every Turn. Lines that Go On Forever. So When Spring Break and Easter Collide, Avoid Disney. Stay Home. Enjoy Beautiful Pinky Sunsets. At Home. Or Not. Sometimes You Just Need to Get Out of Dodge. If Only for a Few …
College Basketball as Background Noise. Howling Winds Swirling Spring Blossoms on the Trees. It’s March. You Need a Place to Eat that is Local and Fun. Not Fast Food. Not a Chain. Do You Have a Restaurant that Fits the Bill in Your Neck of the Woods? We Do. And it has Served Hollywood, Presidents …
We’ve had a long haul. Sickness. Sadness. Being Scared. And Staying Close to Home and Hospital. But Now We’re On the Upswing and Time for a Break. Spring Break. Time to Get Out of Here. We Need Happy and Plenty of It. Yes, Many Would Poo Poo the Destination Choice…But We’re Going to Disneyland(!) …