Love of beauty is taste-The creation of beauty is art. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of SAVE for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. As someone who has family friends in San Antonio, Texas, I was delighted to hear about this new website called SAVE – San Antonio Vacation Experience. In typical ‘everything’s bigger in Texas’ fashion, SAVE is a resource […]
Read More[Source]Baltimore… … is America’s next great underdog city, now that New Orleans is (sort of) back on track. They feel weirdly the same as you walk around them today, these twin objects of David Simon’s obsession: pockets of vibrancy surrounded by stretches of ruin; an overarching sense of police and political corruption; humid enough in […]
Read MoreYou may have heard me mention before how I was trained for several years (10+) to be a professional classical singer (like Charlotte Church). Well, then I realized I did not want to go to a Conservatory in the U.S. and my family was not about to ship me abroad with no expert foreign language […]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Anderson family A year ago you may remember that I was desperately trying to use all social media outlets to find a classmate and friend of mine, Taylor Anderson. She came out of the earthquake unscathed but we lost her in the tsunami in Ishinomaki. She was the first American victim confirmed […]
Read MoreThank You for Camp from Camp Sea Gull Camp Seafarer on Vimeo. What happy news about my beloved Camp – if you or someone you know gave to Camp Seafarer and Camp Sea Gull’s Annual Fund this past year, thank you! This Annual Fund is one of several non-profit organizations I volunteer for. Camp Seafarer […]
Read MoreTonight is the second-annual Oxfords & Oysters event, hosted by Sky Blue Events at the newly-opened Four Seasons Baltimore! I am thrilled to be going this year as last year M and I had VIP tickets but had to miss the actual event at the last minute. Regardless, I am so happy that my friend […]
Read MoreSeeing as I work in a library, I took the liberty of trying to find some books to suggest to our Library Director – who then disperses the options and then people may or may not choose to pick them up depending on the budget we have at that time. One of those books came […]
Read MoreWhen I was in middle school, a “miracle” occurred.I was taken off of a 3 year waitlist and was able to finally attend Camp Seafarer.Camp Seafarer, on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina!It was a beautiful place, still is very special to me.It became a haven for me, a home where I had friends who […]
Read MoreJust down the road a bit from yesterday’s feature, the Grove Park Inn, is the lovely Inn at Biltmore Estate.No, you do not get to stay at THE Biltmore Estate, seen below……but you can always tour it if you would like. Especially if you stay in the Cottage on the grounds – yes, a 2 […]
Read MoreFor my special series, Honeymoon Locations in the South, we move from Virginia down further to the South…Welcome to North Carolina! More specifically, welcome to the Grove Park Inn, located just outside of Asheville.I have fond memories of this beautiful resort from family vacations as well as from conferences during my Mom’s former career in […]
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