By Roberta Lasky We ventured to Vail this past February and uncovered a winter wonderland set within White River National Forest for a perfect wintertime getaway. Fun Fact: Vail is a verb and means show respect or submission. History: Pete Seibert and local rancher Earl Eaton established the ski area in 1962 and named […]
Category: Friends’ Blogs
Russia – An Enigma Wrapped Inside Massive Bureaucracy
Time for a dad to blog…. Ever since I studied the Soviet Union back in Mrs. Singer’s 9thgrade Social Studies class in Hudde JHS, I have always been fascinated with the Soviet Union. So much so that I ended up becoming a subscriber to the USSR’s Soviet Life for most of my teens and early […]
An Empty Nest Leads To An Arduous Trek Of The Inca Trail To Machu Picchu
By Julie Gerstein We were looking forward to our empty nester trip for many months – not that we were anxious for our kids to leave for college, but Peru requires a certain amount of advanced planning. There were areas we wanted to visit that limit the number of tickets per day, so booking ahead […]
Empty Nest Road Trip To South Dakota And Glamping!
By Carolyn Hauptman Road trips don’t scare us. We have driven to Park City, Utah a few times with our dogs, driven our older daughter to college in St. Louis and did several college visit road trips. So, when we decided to drive our younger daughter to move her in to her freshman year at the […]
Family Road Trip! Daily Journal Covering 1900 Plus Miles Over 12 Days From Maine To Eastern Canada And Back
By Alan Hariton Tuesday August 14-Portsmouth, NH Pulled into Portsmouth NH around 7:00. Stayed in Homewood suites near the airport. Room was a suite type room. One bedroom, toilet and shower in separate room, sink in main room. Separate room for kids. Pull out couch and we brought an inflatable. Had kitchenette with large […]
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: The Lure Of The Golden State
By Jackie McCarthy In just a few short years my children will be heading off to college. My children? To be honest, it’s more like my babies. Though they are teenagers now and love to show their independence, I will always see them as my babies. And in that light, the role you have as […]
Nantucket-Beaches, BBQ And Of Course Tennis In The Perfect Island Car
By Cindy Wallis There are several ways you can get to Nantucket: a one hour plane ride, a 6-hour “party” ferry from New York City, a 2 hour high speed ferry from New Bedford, MA or a 1-hour high speed ferry from Hyannis in Cape Cod. We opted for the latter as there are […]
Discovering The Beauty Of Portugal-Just Like Her Clients
By Sami Nick Airlines have added so many direct flights to Portugal from the U.S. so it has quickly become a tourist hot spot. There was so much interest from clients that I had to see for myself what the hype was all about. We flew into Lisbon and had a driver take us down […]
Amsterdam Adventure: Trains, Boats and Bicycles
By Roberta Lasky Having grown up on Netherland Avenue in the Dutch-named Spuyten Duyvil* section of Riverdale in The Bronx**, I have always had a strong interest in visiting Amsterdam. Planning our summer vacation in Europe, my husband and I decided to add a three-night trip to this city that has so many meaningful […]
It’s All Greek To Me
By Jodi Baretz With much excitement my husband and I were finally headed to Greece. We were supposed to go 20 years ago on our honeymoon but, another event got in the way. I’m not a big planner so minus a few dinner reservations we were going to wing it. Since we have the Starwood […]