I‘m curled up on our comfortable sofa with my coffee, enjoying our expansive view of the bay, listening to the cheerful song of the Carolina Wren and the wind as it rustles through the palmettos. This has been my morning routine for almost three years now, ever since we found ourselves unexpectedly transplanted to the […]
I realized a few days ago that it’s been more than a month since I’ve posted a blog. As I’m writing this, we’re in Michigan, with a fabulous view of Lake Huron and Mackinac Island. This has been an excellent summer, filled with all kinds of adventures in the beautiful Great Lakes region. And we […]
Towering 630 feet over the city of St. Louis, Gateway Arch rises gracefully from the banks of the Mississippi River. There is a timeless quality to the sleek, stainless steel design—it perfectly embodies the spirit of exploration, just as it was meant to do. The arch is, undeniably, the iconic symbol of St. Louis. But there’s […]
When we left Florida in mid-June, we knew that a heat dome was headed our way, and that we were going to be driving straight into it. We briefly debated rerouting our trip. But there wasn’t anywhere within a reasonable distance where we could escape the heat. “How bad can it be?” we asked each […]
I grew up in the Jim Crow South, when segregation was the law of the land. Although I was a child, I have clear memories of “white” and “colored” drinking fountains. On a bus trip downtown—I was less than five years old—I remember a Black woman being told by the driver to move to the […]
As of last Sunday, we’re on the road again. We’re heading north to Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, which is pretty much all-new territory for us. As always, it required supreme effort to break free of the gravitational pull of home. It doesn’t matter how much planning we do, or how far ahead we start the […]
We are leaving home in less than two weeks for a four-and-a-half month trip. I’d planned to finish blogging about our 2019 travels before embarking on this new adventure. And I was getting close. But I can’t post a travel blog right now. I’m too sad, and I’m too angry about the latest in what […]
Our fall journey down the East Coast in 2019 was deliberately designed to highlight a slew of city adventures, including Boston, New York, and Washington D.C. We enjoy our city adventures—and we also need the respite of nature. Following our visit to Boston and Salem, we took refuge for several days on Cape Cod. Settling […]
On a whim, when I was 30 years old, I moved to Boston. And I stayed for almost a decade. I fell in love with the pretty little city by the sea, the lush and lovely parks, the interesting neighborhoods, and the never-ending array of intriguing things to do. Sometimes, memories are cast in a […]
One of the premier attractions in tiny Rhode Island is a swath of 19th-century Gilded Age mansions. Perched high on a cliff, they overlook the Atlantic Ocean, tangible ghosts of an era when the wealthy elite fancied themselves as American royalty. Located in the coastal town of Newport, the opulent mansions were once a summer […]
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