“I think you’re a little bit of a witch,” Luana said with a slight crinkle of her green-grey eyes, her hair pulled back in a ponytail to combat the Mentawai Island’s humidity. We all sat around long tables eating dinner. She said this shyly, a little embarrassed at...
When my husband told me at the beginning of November that he had vacation days to use or lose come January, that’s all I needed to start planning something fun. Since we live in New England, Florida seemed like the best place to travel to in December. It’s not too...
Whenever my fiancé and I start to feel like we’re out of sync or we haven’t had a real conversation in a while, we set a coffee date. And by “coffee date”, I mean that we make coffee in our kitchen or run to the closest drive-thru and then bring it back to sip on our...
No, he wasn’t a real genie but the way our personal concierge tried to anticipate our needs as he welcomed us into the Grand Velas Riviera Maya Resort in Playa del Carmen, made us feel like he was. The five diamond, all-inclusive resort, tucked into the powder white...
THE BACKSTORY As soon as the words “food tour” left my mouth, my husband was in. For our second anniversary, my husband and I planned a cruise. We just wanted to relax, eat good food and sunbathe, so we booked a typical Caribbean cruise, with the exception of one port...
While browsing through the endless stream of travel photos floating through the internet one October, something amazing made me pause. Enormous snow sculptures, stunning in detail, made me want to know where I could find them. Intrigue turned to joy when I realized...
