The Northern Lights Iceland Reykjavik

Chasing the Northern Lights in Iceland

All of the weather apps, no matter how much I wished it otherwise, showed rain and clouds for my four day weekend in Reykjavik so I resigned myself that I probably wasn’t going to see the Northern Lights in Iceland on this trip. The Aurora forecast for Iceland was showing […]

British Museum gold coins

Weekend in Iceland Without Cash – Iceland’s cashless society

The airport ATM accepted my card, password and request for cash but then spit out the paper saying it couldn’t give me cash!  I initially thought at 6:30 a.m. maybe the machine was empty so I tried the other machine, same result – no cash.  Not worrying too much, I […]

Christmas in Disney World

Looking Back – Mickey Mouse Memories

Having debuted in the cartoon, “Steamboat Willie” in 1928, Mickey Mouse will turn 86 tomorrow (November 18th).  How that one cartoon character has affected each of our lives is fascinating testament to the iconic, visionary, Walt Disney.  If you ever ask who I’d like to meet dead or alive, Walt […]

Cookie Table at Wedding

Happy Birthday Cookie Monster!

So today, November 2nd is my partner in cookie crime, Cookie Monster’s birthday. While he remains ageless to children, he is actually a bit of an old man as Frank Oz started portraying Cookie Monster in 1969!  Despite his voracious appetite for cookies, he still looks pretty healthy for a […]

La King's Galveston candy

Candy Store Memories in Galveston at La King’s

As a child, my sister and I often visited my grandparents for the day.  My mom would drop us off and give us each $1.00 which in the 70’s/early 80’s was a lot of money with strong purchasing power in the candy store world. We would plan our strategy before […]

St. James's London blue flowers

When Life Takes A Big Unexpected Bite of the Travel Budget

The form asked “Do you like your Smile?” and I was stumped as I never really thought about my smile.  Now, if it had asked “Do you like your thighs?” I would have immediately wrote “NO” in capital letters, double underlined, but that’s a given –  what women loves her […]

Boathouse Row Philadelphia

My Puzzle Piece Fits Best in Philadelphia

In the past year, I’ve been traveling in search of a tribe, looking to see where my interests and passions fit best, looking for people who get me and trying to find a common idea/goal that has a safe place to grow. Hoping to find all of me fits in […]