July 4th Around the Country

When I lived in Boston, I was enthralled by their Fourth of July celebration at the Esplanade. Sadly, I won’t be there to enjoy this year’s 35th anniversary celebration, but I thought in order to get into the holiday spirit, I’d spend some time finding out what some other cities have planned for 2008’s […]

New Museum of Contemporary Art

Since I’m thinking about New York, I wanted to write about the New Museum of Contemporary Art. The museum now makes its permanent home in lower Manhattan thanks to Tokyo architects Sejima+Nishizawa/SANAA. The building design is creating a bit of buzz and as always, opinions fall on the love it or hate it […]

Still More Hauntingly Good Fun

Yes, I’m getting way off-track here. But I love ghost stories, murder mysteries, and all things that go bump in the night. Well, as long as they aren’t bumping into ME. And since Chicago is my favorite city, I’m sending Tomo there next, despite the fact that he has no reason to […]

More Haunted Fun

Since I covered Haunted California as a possible excursion for Tomo, I got to thinkin’ about his hometown of New York. Wondering, naturally, about its ghosts, goblins, witches, and hauntings. Once I had the idea in my head, I had to know more.
What I found is that NYC is full of terrifying ghost […]

A Haunting We Will Go

Halloween is a huge deal at our house. On May 1st my nephew and I were already discussing our Halloween costume options. We are freaks.
So, despite the fact that it’s May, it’s not too early to begin planning a fall trip for Tomo. And what could be more fun than a […]

Surfing into Monterey

“Let’s go surfin’ now, everybody’s learnin’ how, come on a safari with meeeeeeee!”
I’ve had that song in my head for a few days, so I took it as a sign that it’s time to send Tomo to Monterey for a surf weekend. To my knowledge, he doesn’t currently surf (at least not often […]

Santa Barbara Winery Tour & Inn

As I began doing some research, I realized something. I am going to have a DAMN good time spending Tomo’s money.
I have decided to start with a Santa Barbara wine tour trip for him and found a fabulous site that has compiled a listing of Santa Barbara area wineries, many of which […]