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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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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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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