Lately I seem to be encountering a rash of people eager to hear how happy I am to have “escaped” New York City. Aren’t you glad to be out? You can’t miss anything about New York… right? I worry I may have been a bit overdramatic in airing my frustrations with the city. Honestly, these […]
Mr. M was not as content exchanging our Utah ski trip for hiking the Mayan ruins as I’d been led to belize. (Believe! Believe, I mean.) Last Wednesday he marched downstairs, sat next to me on the couch, and boldly announced a go-for-broke, last minute ski trip to the nearby mountain resort of Big Bear. […]
New York is a city made for lazy adventurers. In fact, it’s one of the aspects I miss most about living in Manhattan. Perhaps because despite all my planning and checklists, I am- at the core- a lazy adventurer. I like when adventures present themselves to me. When something fun & interesting & brand new […]
Canada’s Vancouver Island, just off the coast of British Columbia, is one of the best places in the world to see wild orcas. You can sign up for a kayaking trip out of Telegraph Cove or opt for a boat ride along the Johnstone Strait where pods of orcas spend their summer. Mr. M & […]
I am terrified- TER.RI.FIED- of heights. I’ve had panic attacks while stuck in traffic on elevated freeway overpasses. On any given suspension bridge there’s an 80% chance you will find me crying and scooting my way across in a pitiful army crawl. Hell, I scream when other people get too close to the edge. (Why?! Why […]
People seem drawn to Las Vegas in the name of craziness: bachelor parties, girls’ weekends, even… divorce parties. (?? This was a new, slightly confusing one that I saw mentioned in an airline magazine: “Celebrate your divorce in Vegas!”) My reason for heading to Sin City every February? I go for the love of the […]
Spurred on by the fantasmic book I got for Christmas, 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the US & Canada (make this book your Valentine’s Day present to yourself… or have me send your significant other a hint-y email that this is way better than cheesy heart-shaped jewelry), Mr. M & I bookmarked this past weekend for […]
Hi y’alls, and Happy New Year! Yeah… I’m fashionably late for 2014. I was all excited to regale you with One Thousand and One Nights-style tales from Morocco, but my anal-retentiveness refused to let me post anything for 2014 without formally wrapping up last year’s adventures. Mine is a militant and unforgiving super-ego. So I hit […]
During this most recent trip back to New York, I didn’t manage to see the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. I never saw a single holiday window display, and I didn’t go ice skating in Central Park. Frankly, I never even went to Central Park. Sacrilege, I know. I love New York around the holidays, […]
Revisiting New York City has allowed me to curate my favorite Manhattan people, places, and food into one splendid week. It’s always gratifying returning to old favorites, but darn if there wasn’t one glaring never-made-it-happen left on my NYC To Do List. Day #11,556: It was a last-minute decision. (And the obsessive planner in me […]