In the course of researching an upcoming article, I came across a location that piqued my interest: Belcourt Castle. This Newport, Rhode Island, mansion stands out from its stodgy neighbors by virtue of its rebellious history — and its reputed hauntings. I’d never been to Newport, let alone Belcourt, So I took a little six-hour [...]
For years, I’ve dreamed of returning to the U.K., particularly London, where I spent my final semester of undergrad. But with the pound still kicking the dollar’s butt, despite recent dollar rallies; the difficulty getting a visa; and the Byzantine rules behind the pet immigration scheme, I don’t know how I’d manage it. Luckily, I’m [...]
Home again. Well, home for the twins, anyway. I’m currently in my sister’s basement recovering from the nine-hour (including the hour wait in customs) ride back from Montreal, my neck still in a crick from my trapeze pratfall. I’m looking forward to some shut eye before diving into the pile of work awaiting me. We [...]
Damn if my sister didn’t come up with the best idea of the trip: dangling the carrot of zip-lining to keep the kids in line. With that in mind, I purposely planned that activity as the last of the trip (not to mention it’s out of town and thus requires driving) and have threatened penalties [...]
I would have said that there couldn’t be two more excited twiblings than those with me this morning, but I’d have to eat my words come Monday, when we finally go zip-lining. Today, however, was the second most anticipated event of the trip. After a quick (and complimentary!) breakfast at our hotel, we hopped aboard [...]
Having survived the eight-hour car ride with twin preteens, I woke this morning to a surprising sound: the alarm clock. I’d expected to awaken to the same bickering chatter that had prompted me, somewhere in the bleak darkness of the Adirondacks, to stop the car and threaten to turn it around all the way back [...]
Recently, I’ve been getting an influx in travel-related press releases. It’s nice to know this little blog o’ mine is getting noticed. After my post some months ago about my experience with the new site RezHub, I received a response from a site employee within the week. (I apologize for not responding, RezHub Rep. If [...]
Okay, not my entire life, but a quality two hours of my life were saved from post office purgagory due to that wondrous little widget known as Google Text, which I first heard about a few week’s ago on Gadling. For the first few days, I played with Google Text as if it were 20Q, [...]
After my unforgettable St. Lucia adventure a few months ago, my first photos have been published, alongside Marsha Dubrow’s article in Washington Woman. Check ‘em out, starting on page 46. View more photos in my St. Lucia album.
You may have noticed a purdy new badge on my site, the one announcing that I’m now a Featured Correspondent for AdventureUs.com. What does this mean? For one, it means I should get my tuchis in gear and start blogging more, as I’m already backlogged with travel tales — from driving with the fluffy children [...]
