I want to try something new here – once a week, usually on Sundays, I’ll post a picture that makes me happy. I’ll call these “something splendid” posts. Some pictures will be recent, some willContinue reading
East Coast Canada Summer Vacation: Halifax to Prince Edward Island
I decided to plan a summer vacation to the East Coast of Canada for two main reasons: Anne of Green Gables (which put Prince Edward Island on the itinerary) and fiddle music (which added CapeContinue reading
Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and a Little Bit of Boston: Awards Show Version
We’ve recently returned from our summer vacation… and that means it is time for an awards show post! This year’s vacation took us to Prince Edward Island to visit the Anne of Green Gables sites.Continue reading
The Allure of a “Big Trip”
One of my most evocative travel memories is from our visit to Mo’orea. It stays with me not because of the location (although it was beautiful) or because I was doing anything unusual (although IContinue reading
Beach Latitude
This is one of several Latitude photos taken on a beach… We do like our beaches! This one is on the island of Ko Ngai, in Thailand, which was one of our favorite places inContinue reading
Spring Break Sampling
Both of our kids were out of town for spring break this year, so my husband and I got a chance to try some new restaurants without worrying about whether there would be something onContinue reading
LA Weekend for a Harry Potter and Book-Loving Tween
When my older daughter was in kindergarten, we decided to sidestep the question of how many of her new classmates to invite to her birthday party by announcing we’d take her to Disneyland instead ofContinue reading
Latitude with Altitude
This is a Latitude photo from our “big trip” around the Pacific and Asia. These are the Petronas Towers, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The highest up we could go was the bridge between them, butContinue reading
New Zealand Summer Holiday: Waihi to Auckland
I wrote about the first part of our recent vacation in New Zealand earlier, covering our time in Wellington, Rotorua, and Waihi Beach. In some ways, leaving Waihi Beach after nine incredibly relaxing days feltContinue reading