Our favorite thing to do when we are in Florida is to eat at restaurants that have outside seating looking out over the water. One hazard of eating alfresco is that you run the risk that at any second your dining experience can be interrupted by the dreaded sea gull. Sea gulls are a tourist’s [...]
This past weekend I had to be in Atlanta as a special guest at an annual animal welfare fundraiser. I decided to bring Gracie along so we could have a special “girls” weekend. I made plans to take her to the American Girl store there so we could have lunch at their bistro and buy [...]
Suitcase, check. Last look under the bed, check. I stood by the airport aquarium and pretended to carry on a conversation with a beautiful blue dory fish until our little Stephie turned the corner at the security gate. With one last wave she rounded the corner and was off on her first solo flight to [...]
Our kids, ages 10 and 8, hadn’t yet been to a beach so my husband and I decided to take four days off for a little family vacation at Gulf Shores. Everyone was excited. I prepped the kids well in-advance about the fact that it would be a seven hour drive. I didn’t want to [...]
