Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"The good thing about flying solo is it's never boring." ~ Steve Fossett Leaving on a jetplane… Or a car....or my favorite, a boat! Though usually in ferry form, like the Nantucket Ferry or island hoping on a hundred years old schooner, not that I am day dreaming or anything! Though after being cooped up [...]
"I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.' " ~ Robert De Niro Happy Heart I don't know if I can put into words how [...]
"Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day." ~ Elizabeth Bowen Finally An Update I officially sound like a broken record, but I have been slacking hardcore. I thought I would be able to get two blog posts up in a week, but since it took me two weeks into [...]
“ “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “Doesn’t come from a store....maybe Christmas ...perhaps means a little bit more!” ~ The Grinch Who Stole Christmas Dyker Heights Two years ago, I gave a shout out to Dyker Heights on this blog, and it is only fitting I give it some more recognition because it is the epitome of Christmas [...]
"When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself." ~ Tecumseh Recaps My trip home for Thanksgiving flew by. It felt like I [...]
"Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay." ~ Robert Browning Hudson Valley As I mentioned in my previous post, I was lucky to do ALL the farm things this fall. I was especially blessed, because I got to go apple picking TWICE! On the verge of gushing, (which [...]
"I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty." ~ Amelia Earhart Jetsetting Blonde I have travelled quite a bit, and this year was the year I essentially flew the proverbial coup so to speak and really put my frequent flier miles to good use. I have had delays, and [...]
"The best education I have ever received was through travel." ~ Lisa Ling Tastes of Texas Because I was there for a wedding, as well as work, I wasn't able to explore Texas as much as I would have loved to. Especially if I was traveling solo. The AirBnB we stayed at was unreal, and [...]
"Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may." ~ Sam Houston State Bucket List It is no secret I love traveling, and with it comes an extensive bucket list I have created. Not only do I have places I want to travel abroad too, but I also want [...]
“The next five months are grim ones. I always feel sorry to have the summertime change, with the dark evenings closing in mid-afternoon, and will try to lay in some physical comforts these months – the best insurance against gloominess for me.” ~ Sylvia Plath Summer where did you go? How is it September already? [...]