Traveling the globe is exhilarating, educating, and perspective shifting. It can also be exhausting, stressful and CROWDED if you are vying for space at the same time as everyone else – ie during school vacations. The solution? The shoulder season! Continue Reading
My friend Jill’s travel to Aspen continues… Here she provides some helpful tips for a multi-tasking traverse across the country – ticking off miles while savoring mini-adventures along the way. As most trips should be, this one was as much about the journey as it was about the destinationContinue Reading
On our recent trip to Portugal we chose to stay in the lovely seaside town of Cascais, 40 minutes outside of Lisbon. We had a pretty swish HomeAway overlooking the hills and sea of our quaint fishing town. My favorite part of the home was that we could depart on foot and hike for hours in the hills in front of our house exploring the various trails that criss crossed the cliffs. BUT, we were in Portugal and you can’t go to Portugal without seeing Lisbon, right?Continue Reading
If I had a plane ticket for every time someone said, “Thanks so much for organizing!” I would be forever on a plane. My family, my friends and some perfect strangers are more than happy to let me assume this role and I am grateful for their trust and subsequent gratitude. It is from these experiences of leading, coordinating, masterminding and organizing that I have learned to be a better, maybe even an expert, follower. And following can be a whole lot of fun…Continue Reading
Nothing makes me happier than pondering and planning the details of our next trip or adventure. Plan a ski trip for 5 families? On it! Take 12 moms and 20+ kids to Hershey Park? Put me in charge. Monthly Theater Group for 240 and growing? Bring it on! That being the case you would think I would run screaming away from any kind of pre-organized travel managed by a tour group, but that is not the case…Continue Reading
We are back in the city and getting into our everyday routines. Fortunately, I have a daily reminder of our past travel adventures and inspiration to plan new ones hanging right on the wall…Continue Reading
Our trip to Tanzania is the 4th time we are traveling with one particular family. You learn a lot about another person when on an adventure and traveling with this family just works for us (and hopefully for them)…Continue Reading
I like to think of myself as an original thinker. And maybe sometimes I am, but other times I come to find out otherwise. That is what happened when I read this NY Times article last weekend…Continue Reading
In this era of being so individually connected to our devices, it is nice to find a media diversion that encourages the use of our collective ears, hearts and imaginations…Continue Reading
