Travel and Leisure

Flashback Blog Post Authentic Greek Food at its Best: Eating My Way Around Oia, Santorini While I’m enjoying some time with my grandkids this month, I thought I would provide you with some foodie fun from my Oia, Santorini trip from 2017. This post originally appeared on “Getting on Travel” which has since closed its website. I’ve updated ...

Last month I told you about my foodie finds during my 2026 winter on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Now that I’m officially back in New Jersey, I want to share highlights of new finds (and some repeats) I experienced during my second snowbird season in Sarasota. From the Arcadia Rodeo to a Yankee spring ...

As my 2026 snowbird stay in Florida winds down (OMG I’m leaving next week to go back to New Jersey), I wanted to share more great places to eat in Sarasota. To complement my “My 2025 Snowbird Search for Great Places to Eat in Sarasota,” this season I’m bringing four more winners. I will note that ...

It didn’t take long for me to say “yes” when my daughter A asked me if I wanted to return to The Lodge at Woodloch Spa Resort last December. We had enjoyed our mother-daughter getaway the first time and decided to make it an annual event. So once again, with Thanksgiving festitivities behind us, we took ...

Road Scholar Expands Its Free “Age Well” Online Lectures My friends at Road Scholar announced that its “Age Well” lecture series, provided online for free, will become an ongoing offering among the organization’s online course curriculum. I was interested to learn about this new lecture series and thought I would share the news with my blog ...

In August I had a chance to go to Seattle to visit my boyfriend E’s family. I hadn’t been to Seattle in many years so was excited to return. Being a foodie, I was especially looking forward to exploring Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Have you been? If not I highly recommend booking a trip. I know ...