. The steady pitter-patter of rain on our concrete patio takes me back to Washington. It’s been dark and gloomy today too, just like the winters there. The first notes of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now carry from the speakers of our Amazon Alexa. “Joni Mitchell taught your cold English wife how to feel,” I…
3 Days in Taormina, Sicily – Italy
. . For two hours we’d driven through a mix of quiet farm roads lined with fruit trees and weathering Sicilian cities with narrow streets. It was the sudden gain in elevation up a cliff with mountain views to my left and the turquoise ocean to my right when I knew this little seaside village…
The Texas Bucket List
. The bucket lists started during my first Alaskan winter. That November evening the temperature dropped to negative twenty-five and I became aware this ruthless cold was only the beginning. I sat down in the warmth of our first, tiny apartment and wrote a list of all the places in Alaska I wanted to visit….
A Guide to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
2 years ago, I went to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood for the first time. I never thought I’d be one of those people who repeat visits theme parks, like the people who have season passes to Disneyland or Disneyworld. There is a whole world of countries I’ve…
A Long Weekend in San Diego
Have you ever visited a city and from the moment you arrive, you can picture yourself as a local? Shopping at the corner grocery store, frequenting the fitness studio, walking your dog on the streets you’re exploring, and living in the Airbnb you rented for the weekend… Then you look at the housing market…