Good morning! I hope you are having a great week so far. I noticed on the evening news last night that some of you are experiencing blizzard conditions today, or perhaps tornado’s? Whatever the case, be careful not to mess with the weather. I know last week I shared my Spring Break with you to…
Good morning Friday! Hello weekend! To say that I am ready for the the weekend would be a huge understatement. I have been longing for a little downtime, a weekend at home and a stack of books and a cup of cocoa. Life has been keeping me entirely too busy for the last few months. …
Good morning! I mentioned yesterday that you could visit Washington DC and spend an entire holiday on the Mall. Today I want to share a special place that always moves me to tears, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The memorial is actually comprised of three separate parts. The reason being that “The Wall” was so controversial in…
The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Lincoln Memorial Good morning! We spent most of the week in Washington D.C and the majority of our time was spent on The National Mall. For those of…
Good morning! I am back and settled in at home after my Spring Break adventures. My husband and I traveled last week with our good friends and their two boys to Washington D.C and VA. Our first stop was Washington D.C. and after dropping our bags at the Capitol Hilton we were off to explore….
Good morning! A happy day to you! I have had a terribly busy work week and I am a little tired. Not to mention that for the last week every night as I get ready to go to sleep the wind whips up off of the Lake and the wind chimes start their non-stop symphony,…
Hello and good morning! It is a great day! I finally have all of my household problems fixed, the heat is on keeping us toasty while the temperatures have gone down to the 30’s and 40’s. And the Internet and TV is back on line, so I can catch up on my work, email, and…
Good morning! I wish I could say that that is the case here, the house is FREEZING, OK it is 50 in the house but that is still cold. Still no TV and Internet and the heat is not going to be fixed for two days, to top it all off I have been gone…
Hermes, the iconic luxury leather goods firm is celebrating 175 years with the show Leather Forever opening May 8th-27th, 2012 in London. On display will be items celebrating its beginnings as a saddle and harness maker to the aristocrats of Paris to its evolution as the creator of small leather goods in the 20 and 30’s,…
La Scala Santa, is a sacred relic located in Rome that pilgrims from all over the world come to visit. As I mentioned my sister is going on her first trip to Rome this year and we have been talking about “must see” places, the Vatican, the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps and the Trevi fountain…
In addition to the museums, churches, cups of chocolate chaud and kir royals, and of course eating everything from eclairs, crepes, sandwich fromage and any other thing that took to my fancy we did manage to do a little shopping both window and otherwise. The windows in Paris run the gamut from really fabulous, to weird,…
Notre Dame de Paris “ that most terrible church of the most glorious Virgin Mary, mother of God, deservedly shines out, like the sun among stars. And although some speakers, by their own free judgment, because [they are] able to see only a few things easily, may say that some other is more beautiful,…
