Rum and Me – we had a bad time together on Spring Break in Cancun, Mexico many years ago. So I’ve avoided rum in its various forms and flavors around the world for decades. Even the pina colada was off limits which was a shame because it’s a tasty rum […]
Updated: To be honest, the wish tree seems so far in the past to a simpler time when writing wishes on tags and tying them to the tree was whimsical, hopeful and the stuff of happy days. The tree was surrounded by people and children were trying to reach lower […]
Chihuly Seattle is open on a limited basis due to covid-19 and state reopening plans. For those visiting the City of Seattle, I highly recommend adding Chihuly Garden & Glass to your “must do list”. Sharing my last visit – the Chihuly collection. We can still armchair travel and add […]
Visiting Zion National Park is easy to do for travelers of all ages and activity levels. There are two paved accessible paths at Zion that are lovely walks and easy to do with fantastic sights. I had planned on doing more intensive hiking at the park but was waylaid by […]
For many they have to wait more than a year to stay at Zion Lodge in Zion National Park so I consider myself quite lucky to have booked a room only two weeks ahead of my stay. To be fair it was a November visit, not quite high season but […]
Updated: For covid-19 procedures watch the Wynn Las Vegas health and safety video and consult the hotel website for up to date information. The stay below was pre-covid. There are only a few hotel resorts that I’ve stayed at where I didn’t need to (or want to) leave. The […]
Road Trip Summer in the US – This is one of my favorite one day road trips! **Note that National Parks and other attractions may require advanced reservations, limit capacity, social distance, require masks and other covid rules according to local city and state regulations. Be sure to check up […]
I called the hotel to see if I was hip enough to stay there after a bit of time on their website where I definitely felt out of the demographic pictured. I didn’t quite ask that exact question but did ask “what is the mix of guest ages?” The New […]
The many brands of Starwood Hotels (now part of Marriott) range from budget to luxury and I tend to stay mid-range hotels (Westin, Sheraton, W) when I travel. As I needed to reposition myself to New York for an award ticket on British Airways from JFK, I figured why not […]
I had one day in New York to explore before my 10 pm flight to London but what to do and where to go from morning to night without a hotel room to come back to? Maybe a Brooklyn Walking Tour? Despite my many visits to New York City over […]