Like The Pied Piper

August 9, 2010

On the ninth floor of the Baldwin Hotel, near Union Square in San Francisco, I prepared to go to sleep for the night. However, when I walked near the window I heard a haunting melody. Someone was playing a saxophone outside. Like a child drawn to the music, I grabbed my camera to venture outside [...]

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Fort Bragg Boasts Interesting Sight Seeing

August 6, 2010

I had no idea that Fort Bragg had a shopping district about which to boast. Although we have driven through the town many times, we rarely get off of Shoreline Highway to explore. I have told y’all time and again that you have to leave the beaten path to find the treasures of a town, [...]

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Where The Locals Eat

August 5, 2010

What’s your favorite part of traveling? Mine, hands down, is food. I enjoy trying new restaurants … the ones the locals consider good. I look for three things as indicators that it might be a good place to eat: A different kind of cuisine than I can get in my hometown. A line at the [...]

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Assorted Photos

June 16, 2010

I’m just going to share some pictures with you today. It’s a disjointed collection from our trip last week. I always have the camera with me, and we snap pictures of odd things that catch our eyes. Most of them are ones that I will never use for a post, but I like them. Instead [...]

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That’s Not Enough

June 15, 2010

When I am turned loose in the zoo that is his adopted city, my son thinks that I am the one who needs a keeper. Possibly he is right. I adore San Francisco. I can’t get enough of it, but my “country” ways don’t necessarily fit with life in The City. My learning curve, when [...]

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Historic Savannah, THE Most Elegant City

July 23, 2008

When General Sherman marched the Union Army across the South, the soldiers burned every Southern City in their path (hoping to end the Civil War). Every city, that is, except Savannah, Georgia. Residents of Savannah proudly proclaim that their Southern Hospitality so charmed General Sherman that it stayed his hand and he spared their fair [...]

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Bulldog “Ghost Tours” Bite!

July 22, 2008

Come explore The Holy City’s streets, cemeteries, back alleyways, churches, and join our experienced and fully-licensed tour guides on a 1 1/2 hour walking tour through the dark edges of Charleston’s Haunted Historic District. You’ll hear fun and chilling stories of Charleston ghosts, haunted houses, voodoo, and Lowcountry superstitions. This is the only Charleston SC [...]

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Dreaded Vacation Pictures

December 20, 2007

Don’t y’all just hate it when you go to visit at someone’s house and they pull out the Dreaded Vacation Pictures? No they didn’t dread the vacation; YOU dread having to sit there with an artificial grin plastered on your face while they show you pictures that bore… you… to… tears. Well, the good thing [...]

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San Francisco 101

December 19, 2007

Have y’all ever been to San Francisco? I believe I’ve told you that it’s just about my favorite place to visit. In fact, I want to live there. I will, just as soon as my Google ads start to pay off for me (or when I win the lottery—which will probably happen sooner!). We just [...]

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Only The Good– A “Sinking” Feeling

October 25, 2007

I can laugh about it now. But, when we walked into our room at the Mendocino Hotel, I was not amused! This was the extent of my “bathroom.” The toilets and showers were down the hall! People, people, people! Do I look like the kind of person who would be OK with sharing bathrooms? If [...]

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Contrasts

October 24, 2007

San Francisco is a city that literally throbs. When you come from a small town it is almost sensory overload to visit here. Why do I love it so much? I’m not exactly sure. I’m claustrophobic, so you would think that this town teeming with people would drive me over the edge, but I thrive [...]

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Wish You Were Here

October 19, 2007

All my bags weren’t packed, I wasn’t ready to go. But I had to get myself packed. Wednesday was a whirlwind of activity, as we prepared to travel to The City. That would be San Francisco. When I come to this vibrant place to visit my son, I feel like I’m in my element. I [...]

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The Great Republic of Rough And Ready

April 15, 2007

There are folks who claim that we Texans are prone to bragging a bit. That, my friends, is an understatement. Any Texan worth her salt can expound until the cow’s come home about the virtues of The Lone Star State. You ain’t even gonna believe this, but I, myself, am quite capable of this. I [...]

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All Shook Up

February 10, 2007

I’m a worry wart, and I won’t apologize for it. It’s not my fault, I was born that way. It’s the San Andreas Fault. With an adult child living in San Francisco, I can find plenty to worry me. The City is a marvelous place, but any city has a dark side, too. I worry [...]

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Zany Hotel in San Francisco

January 28, 2007

I realize that using the words “zany” and “San Francisco” in the same sentence may seem as if I am being redundant and repeating myself, also, too, as well. The City is a rather crazy place, which makes it my kind of town. We often book our airline flights and hotels on Travelocity. Last summer [...]

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Haunted Eureka

January 5, 2007

Yesterday I wrote that my husband and I chose to stay at The Crescent Hotel when we went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas for a visit. I said that we wanted local flavor and didn’t want the intimacy of a bed and breakfast. I lied. We stayed at The Crescent, because it’s haunted. I confess that [...]

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Eureka!…Eureka Springs, that is.

January 4, 2007

I’m looking out the window at a bleak Texas day. The sky is curdled and gray, the grass is wheat colored, and even the squirrels are hiding in their nests. It’s hard to believe that Spring Break is around the corner. At least it is for planning a vacation. I have no idea what we [...]

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