I think Alanis Morissete speaks to me, and not just because I’m a child of the late 80’s. “Ironic” is one of the songs that my brain goes to often, even when things are, well, not ironic nor terrible (most situations described in her song lean toward “terrible” more than ironic, exactly). This song plays…
Read more Like Rain on Your Wedding Day – but Opposite: Visiting Lexington, Virginia
I’ve found the best AirBnb in North Carolina. Perhaps all of the East Coast. It is a tree house. On an eco farm. It does not have a toilet inside. It is perfect. My much choosier husband agrees, too. I usually make the Hampton Inn Concord / Kannapolis my home base while traveling to the…
This weekend we escaped the fake country that is Potomac, Md., to go to the real country. We booked an Airbnb in Mathias, W.V., and had ourselves a little adventure just two hours from Washington. The Airbnb, The Inn at Abbott Farm, was charming. An up-fitted former carriage house with the original wide plank flooring…
Read more Wild and Wonderful – Getting Lost in Lost City, W.Va.
Just like that, the couple becomes “the couple with the dog.” Traveling with her, taking her to meals, shopping at Bloomingdale’s with her. In our defense, we are nomads and while we aren’t carrying everything on our backs, we do move in a cluster more than we have ever before. So if we’re going away…
We recently went to NYC to see Lizzo at Radio City. That is a post in itself, but would just be graf after graf of effusive gushing, so I’ll resist. We stayed at The Dominick Hotel because I’m fortunate to have a best friend who really appreciates the finer things in life, and has determined…
I am on a plane at least 30 times each year for work. Lately, it’s been twice a week. On average, this is true for the last seven years. Or, very nearly, my entire adult life. I think this qualifies me as a VERY FREQUENT TRAVELER. As such, I have some advice I’d like to…
How do travel writers do it? How do they come up with 1,000 concise words about what to do in a given town in a set period of time, all of it picturesque, unique, special in some way? Before nearly every trip I take – whether it’s a weekend trip or a three-week, multi-city expedition…
Read more How Many Hours Does It Take to Plan a Perfect Six?
Forget 36 hours in D.C., just give me six. Wake up on a perfectly sunny blue sky day and walk to the Georgetown Waterfront. Perhaps stop for coffee somewhere like Baked and Wired (enter and go to the counter on the right, the left side is the line for cupcakes and they’re delicious, but literally…
What do you get when two slightly hungover American tourists board a flight at London-Gatwick bound for Skiathos, Greece with two rowdy hen parties in matching t-shirts with incomprehensibly British sayings? I don’t know, I fell asleep. But when I landed. Wow. Or better, “Mamma Mia!” (sung loudly, with an exclamation point). We landed in…
The Outraged Eater 