We recently had an excellent 2-week Caribbean cruise on the Celebrity Eclipse– thanks to a GREAT “flash-sale” deal we got on CruCon! (Yes, we HIGHLY recommend CruCon! We’re in the hospitality business, and I do a LOT of ‘homework’, and so far The best deals we’ve been able to find Read more…
As readers of this blog know, Dan and I spent a glorious month in Israel thanks to his winning us tickets from the American Friends of Ben Gurion University of the Negev. After days in Tel Aviv, Beersheva (getting to visit the Ben Gurion University of the Negev campus & research Read more…
An absolute must-do during our month in Israel in March-April (made possible by the American Friends of Ben Gurion University of the Negev) was to go to Masada. The first time I was at Masada was in 1973 with my father, and I wanted to see the new archaeological excavations and Read more…
(Note: my lapse in blogging has been due to an epic computer crash which disappeared over 10 years worth of our business, government, legal, and personal emails, files, and documents. We had paid and relied on Carbonite to back us up, but they lied. They took our money, repeatedly stated our computer was backed Read more…
From Jekyll Island, Dan & I drove to Florida, and FINALLY got to put the top down on our little, ol’ Mustang convertible! Those of you who know me, know that I haven’t been able to smile my silly, toothy smile for almost 2 years, as my teeth were so pitted Read more…
We had a great Inn-&-puppy sitter, and so Chef Dan and I were acually able to escape a Truly crazy, snow-and-ice-crusted WV winter for 2 whole weeks and flee south! And BOY did we need it, as you can see from the Sheer, Unadulterated JOY on Dan’s face! Our first stop Read more…
It’s fun to play “tourist” at home! This past week Dan and I had a rather amazing little getaway- right here in southern WV! We got to go Ziplining through the WV forests at TreeTops Canopy Tours , learn to fly fish for trout with Bobby Bower of ProFishWV, have a Read more…
We disembarked from Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of Seas into a Freezing Cold Florida! Bundled back into my winter coat, I waited for Dan to get the car with my teeth chattering! Granted, Florida was NOT freezing cold by 10-degree-below-zero snowdrift WV standards, but at 40 degrees in the sun, it Read more…
Cruising is nothing if not about “glamour”, and so these pix from our Royal Caribbean cruise on Freedom of Seas are all about livin’ the high life! As I wrote previously, cruising is truly the farthest you can get from reality and still be on Planet Earth, and, frankly, that’s what made Read more…
Two old adrenaine-junkies, having fun… We had a LOT of fun on our Royal Caribbean cruise on “Freedom of the Seas” that we booked with www.cheapcaribbean.com. These photos are proof of it, & everytime I look at them I’m filled with happiness. The best part was that Dan (63) & I Read more…