I surprised my niece on Easter with the plane tickets, rather, the printout of the itinerary for our trip to Paris and London. With her initial excitement came the realization that Aunt Sue was going to make her work a bit prior to the trip in the form […]
My sister began reciting all the rules over dinner, thankfully, I had a large glass of wine as my niece started to sound like a gremlin and not the adorable kid who went to see Frozen with me a few weeks ago, I didn’t know there would be rules for […]
Today, March 31st is the last day of USAirways as an airline. Tomorrow, on April 1st (not lost is that it is April Fools’ Day), the new American will emerge from the merger of the two airlines and my loyalty program shifts from the Star Alliance to One World. I’m […]
It was Valentine’s Day in Paris and I was in on the secret at the table….he was going to propose to his girlfriend at Mont Saint-Michel, our tour destination. He asked us to help to ensure they were alone during the tour of the abbey. Visiting Mont Saint-Michel, A UNESCO […]
Visiting Paris often entails a visit to the Louvre, the Musee D’Orsay or another museum in the city to view amazing art. I was interested in viewing the art outside of the museums – the Paris Street Art scene throughout the city. The tour wasn’t originally on my radar, but […]
Christmas Markets have become quite popular in the past few years – it seems that every town, city, etc. has one (or ten) available for your pleasure – whether that is in the form of mulled wine, food, dessert, music, entertainment, shopping or a combination of all of the above. […]
With the snow on the East Coast this weekend which thankfully was a non-event in Philly for a change (although I did stock up on essentials – not milk, eggs, bread but wine, chocolate and potato chips to reward me for any shoveling I may need to do) it reminded me […]