R’s one-week-long ‘summer vacation’ happened to coincide with my last free week before returning to work, so we decided to take the opportunity to head down to Florida. We had a wonderful time! To avoid a completely unruly post, I’m just going to hit the highlights here. But beware – even a highlights-only account of [...]
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The Most Magical Place on Earth
Posted in Food and Wine, Just for Fun, Travel on September 5, 2009 | 13 Comments »
A Weekend of Travel, Tears, and Family
Posted in Food and Wine, Travel on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend was incredibly full of travel (which made the beginning of this week a little hectic). Early Friday morning, R and I headed to DC for my Grandfather’s funeral service. We met up with many family members from all over the country and attended the lovely and moving graveside service. Grandfather could seem [...]
Memorial Day Weekend
Posted in Food and Wine, Movies, Travel on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Miraculously, R didn’t have to go in to the hospital at all on Memorial Day, so we took advantage of the rare day off together by taking a day trip! We drove up to Dahlonega, GA which apparently was the location of the first major U.S. gold rush. But more importantly, it is home to [...]