Month: December 2012

Thoughts on Vacations My husband and I took our first real vacation of any length recently. No visiting relatives, no business trips with a spouse tag-along, no moving a child into a college apartment

Planning Isn’t planning a vacation delicious? I’m talking about the never-been-there-never-walked-those-streets kind of destination. All those thoughts of possibilities! I start with a trip to an

Arrival! After a long day on an airplane – and after getting lost because the Neverlost on the rental car never worked – is there a more welcome sight than your hotel? It’s such a huge relief to

Exploring One of the great joys of being on vacation is being off schedule and – as much as possible these days of electronic leashes – off the “grid.” I’m incapable of having a lazy, do-not

Charleston Charleston, South Carolina, is a city of remarkable beauty – both natural and man-made. My husband and I visited for five days in October. I’m the nosiest person on the planet, and neve