I consider myself somewhat of an expert on the subject of Halloween costumes. I have sewn more costumes than Seattle has coffee beans, hosted numerous grown-up Halloween parties,…
Usually when I drive by the new Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta on Peachtree Street I’m sitting in a mess of traffic and slowly inching my way up to the…
“Tell me again why we aren’t supposed to be scared of gators?” I asked my husband as I watched a fairly determined looking fella swimming towards me through…
“Please walk on the grass.” That’s what the signs read at Gibbs Gardens. And of all the joys I experienced during a recent day at these magnificent gardens,…
I totally could have shaken hands with that hippo. Well, I guess if hippos had hands and weren’t more interested in eating me than making my acquaintance. But…
So I haven’t read the book everyone is reading – yes, that one. But I know enough of the plot that I’m not surprised the Personality Hotels in…
It was with great disbelief that my friends listened to my claim that I would be traveling to Nashville from Atlanta. On a bus. Most people’s experiences, if they…
I’m not a big gambler. (During a recent Black Jack lesson in a casino in San Juan, I was even hesitant to bet my fake money.) And I…
Although I’m a big fan of social media, (I just pinned a new item one of my Pinterest boards), I feel sad when I think of the lost…
The drink: The Radical Cure. The place: Western Caribbean aboard the Carnival Liberty I was Lido’d out. I had about given up on sailing on large cruise ships. It…