Mar 25, 2017 | travel
whew, that took a while to get to the end of my photos from NYC…i tried not to take so many pictures when i took my next trip four days later, but you know how that goes… i love this building at the south end of central park. i guess i’m like a...
Mar 23, 2017 | travel
on our last day in NYC, bev and i spent a good amount of time at the met, then we walked through central park. we walked by the central park zoo, which i’d never seen before for some reason. i thought it was funny that it had a llama and a sheep…...
Mar 19, 2017 | travel
the thing is, even though we were there for more than three hours, it felt like we’d barely been there at all. i’d never seen this fabulous room, called the Wisteria Dining Room. here’s part of an essay written about it. The house with this dining...
Mar 17, 2017 | travel
as previously mentioned, i was in NYC with my friend bev for a week, ostensibly to help her daughter move, but then that didn’t happen so instead we did a bunch of stuff. i came home and three days later kevin and i headed out for gulf shores, AL, and then new...
Mar 16, 2017 | travel
here are a few more photos taken at the metropolitan museum of art in NYC in february. i had high hopes of posting more photos from the museum this past week, but after being home for only three days i went on yet another trip, this one with kevin, and the places we...
Mar 9, 2017 | travel
bev and i headed to rockefeller center and procured two standby tickets to see seth meyer – ours were nos. 5 &6, so we had high hopes that we’d actually get in. meanwhile, we had a whole lovely day to spend at the met. well…not quite such a...
Mar 7, 2017 | travel
Monday was a great day, going up in the empire state building, but tuesday was equally fantastic. we went back to erin’s fancy gym, but this time i got to take a yoga class which was really good. i was a little intimidated at first, not knowing what to expect,...
Mar 5, 2017 | travel
we started our day by going to two of erin’s classes at the eqinox gym. it was very, very challenging. after that bev and i strolled over to central park and sat around watching the people. not as many people this time of year, but still, a good crowd....
Mar 4, 2017 | travel
after walking all over the place on friday, saturday wasn’t so busy. we went to brunch, and then it rained, so we stayed inside. that was nice and relaxing. on sunday, erin had to go into the city so we rode the subway with her, then went to times square to...
Mar 4, 2017 | travel
I managed to post a few photos and a video of our first day in NYC, last friday, feb. 24th. i used my cell phone to do the posting, and it was a little bit challenging, but somehow i did it. but here are a few more photos of that day. but first, this is our back...
Nov 8, 2016 | travel
go back again and stay for a month. I realize this probably won’t happen, but you never know… meanwhile, i’m happy to have spent a few lovely days there. here’s the view from our porch at the windermere hotel on our final morning, friday,...
Nov 3, 2016 | travel
i’m a little bit horrified that it suddenly dawned on me that it’s now november, and i’m still struggling to finish my postings of mackinac island, where we went in september. things are chaotic around here, though, and i’m lucky to be sitting...
Oct 27, 2016 | travel
after the delicious lunch buffet at the grand hotel, we spent some time walking all around the place. they charge $10 a person just to enter the lobby, but it was well worth it. we walked up to the top of the hotel to the cupola bar, which has splendid views. i love...
Oct 26, 2016 | travel
here’s part of our second and last full day on mackinac, thursday, sept. 22nd. the morning started out wet and chilly, and it was fun to sit on the big front porch and look out. we’d planned to go to the Grand Hotel for the lunch buffet, so we eventually...
Oct 19, 2016 | travel
hiking, biking, and then… more hiking around. after the long walk and shorter bike ride, we sat in the park at the other end of main street from our hotel and watched the horses and bikes and people. it was nice to just sit there, but for some reason, and i...
Oct 16, 2016 | travel
here’s a quick posting of the bike riding we did during in the afternoon of wednesday, september 21st, after spending the morning doing quite a bit of walking. you can rent bikes by the hour, and we started out at around 2:30. it was fun to be on a bike on such...
Oct 15, 2016 | travel
what a day it was! this was wednesday, sept. 21st, our first full day on mackinac, and it was definitely, definitely supposed to rain. since i’d left my new raincoat in the car, i wasn’t too pleased with the prospect of rain. but it’s just like here...
Oct 11, 2016 | travel
(it’s pronounced mackinaw, fyi, in case you’re going to be chatting about it with anybody). i love mackinac island! in my last post about our trip up north, i said that we left at 6:30 in the morning on Tuesday, Sept. 20th, to drive from Starved Rock to...
Sep 29, 2016 | travel
my husband kevin has been posting pictures of doors on his blog, “Old Guy Walking” and then he links the posts through this website called, you guessed it, Thursday Doors. I’m wrong, that’s not the name of the site, but it’s a link that...
Sep 29, 2016 | travel
last sunday, september 18th, kevin and i drove to starved rock, where we’d been in the spring, and then we spent three nights on mackinac island. for one thing, i want to stay on mackinac for at least a week next time. at least. and take our own bikes. but...
