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Finding Inspiration, Dream Trips and Adventure at the Travel Show

Travel inspiration, where do you find it?  In a movie, a book, from Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, a friend, brochure, email, mailing, etc.  There are so many travel images, stories and options coming at you on a daily basis it’s hard to filter out where to go (at least for me) […]

A mural in Philadelphia "with malice toward none...."

Philadelphia in the Spotlight – The Pope, Politicians and My To Do List

Philadelphia has long been the overlooked middle child between New York City and Washington, D.C.  Chances are if you’ve visited the city you did so for one day and saw Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, ran up the “Rocky steps” and ate a cheesesteak or soft pretzel.  In Philly, we […]

USAirways Lounge PHL Terminal B/C

American Airlines PHL Lounge in Philadelphia – PHL AA Terminal B/C

For my morning trip to Houston which was leaving from Terminal B, I thought “hey let me see what the American Airlines PHL Lounge looks like in Terminal B/C” since I had recently visited the Terminal A lounge. The B/C lounge was a bit tricky for me to find.  I […]

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 […]

Soft Pretzel baking class

Baking the Bread – The Philly Soft Pretzel

When I lived with my parents, I didn’t need an alarm clock on Saturdays, I would smell the freshly baked Philly soft pretzels that my dad would bring home, steaming hot from the pretzel bakery.  Years before I knew of calories counters, ingredient labels and generally all the stuff you […]

Le Meridien Philadelphia room

Review: Le Meridien Philadelphia – History, Design and Glamour in the City

Walking around Philadelphia, you will be struck by all the fabulous architecture on the outside but the “oh wow!” moments are when you step inside and see how the restorations have incorporated original details with contemporary interior design.  Many of the hotels in Philadelphia have a storied history and the […]

FriFotos – If you can’t stand the heat….go get a tasty treat!

The famous quote “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen” immediately came to mind with this week’s FriFotos theme of “Heat”.  I’m taking a bit of liberty with the quote’s meaning to have some fun sharing my love of desserts around the world. With three trips […]

British Airways Dinner Buffet PHL Lounge

The British Airways Lounge Philadelphia Review – Free Wine & Cookies!

British Airways had two flights a day out of Philadelphia direct to London Heathrow, in April of 2017, sadly this changed to just one flight a day.  The early flight has a four class cabin structure (First, Club World Business on two levels, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller Coach). […]

Ben Franklin Hotel Palomar

Review: Kimpton Hotel Palomar Philadelphia – Luxury Hotel in Rittenhouse Square

Review – Hotel Palomar, a luxury boutique hotel in Philadelphia – Rittenhouse Square. The last thing you want to hear in any hotel is the fire alarm going off.  In all of my travels, I’ve encountered about four alarms in the middle of the night and I quickly jumped out […]

Open Barn at Devon Horse Show

The Devon Horse Show – family fun and memories on the Main Line

Growing up, my knowledge of horses was limited to the racetrack, more specifically harness racing. My dad used to take me to the Liberty Bell racetrack in Bensalem on Saturday night.  We would enter after the 7th race (when entry was free) and if we were lucky someone would give […]