On our last full day in Montreal, we decided to slow things down: the number of places to visit, the frequency of our photo-taking, and our overall pace. We ended up exploring two vastly different places within the same general vicinity. First up was the hipster paradise of the Plateau, the eclectic, bohemian land of […]
I turned 40 years old on Day Two of our Canadian adventure. Check out our memorable, jam-packed journey downtown…
Bonjour, tout le monde! I am writing this post as a newly-minted forty-year-old. Exciting, right!? To celebrate my birthday—and a rare opportunity to take a second vacation in one year—Andrew and I recently traveled to Montreal and Quebec City.
Allow me to exhale a long, loud sigh and lament that all good things must come to an end. [Sigh.] And so it was for our 78-hour trip (but who’s counting?) to NYC. Maxed out on art museums, we spent our final fleeting hours in Soho strolling through blessedly uncrowded streets, shopping a little and […]
Here’s my latest recap of our great Gotham getaway. It wasn’t any old day, though. I got to visit the 9/11 Memorial, Battery Park and Brooklyn all for the first time. And it was my sixth (!) anniversary with Andrew…
Ooh yesss, the Upper East Side—I’ve watched too many episodes of “Selling New York” to remain ignorant of this insanely affluent neighborhood. The land of Pilates-toned ladies-who-don’t-eat-anything-at-lunch…
Sometimes, you just gotta get the hell out of Dodge. With the new house and all, Andrew and I didn’t take a real vacation last year. But we soon discovered that no matter how much we love our home, it still has the power to induce stifling cabin fever. So in the spirit of “absence […]
Have you signed up for Amazon Prime yet? I finally took the plunge last week! The biggest draw for me? You get unlimited 2-day free shipping on a gazillion items with no minimum order. In theory, if I wanted to do my part in killing the environment…
By now, you have probably heard about the late Dr. Albert C. Barnes and his multi-billion-dollar art collection that was, up until a few months ago, housed in a mansion in the Philly suburb of Merion. The eccentric Doctor filled the walls with works by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse…
During the whirlwind that was our home purchase back in February, one thing that we ended up sacrificing was a real summer vacation this year. And when I say real, what I mean is beach. The scent of saltwater mixed with Coppertone…