Though the past few weekends have been filled with a day trip and a weekend away, sometimes there is nothing better than a lazy Saturday at home, early mor...

This weekend Chris and I took a trip to his grandparents’ home at the bottom of the Catskill Mountains in Accord (strangely, it’s pronounced Ack-erd), New...

Every year it’s been a small tradition of mine to surprise Chris with a date - where we go out to eat and see a show. It all started when I surprised him w...

I’m always looking for ways to surprise Chris with fun and different Christmas gifts. I love finding him things he doesn’t expect and two years ago I did j...

Ice cream is pretty good. But gelato is even better. Gelato is churned slower than ice cream which gives it a smoother texture. In Florence, we tried 3 dif...

When we arrived at the Westin Excelsior we were blown away by the lobby, where sunflowers in beautiful arrangements welcomed us to Florence. What we didn’t...

As much as I love my day-to-day life and the familiarity of home, it’s always a little bit disappointing when the vacation ends. Coming home from Florence,...

It’s hard to hold a wine glass - the right way that is. Not by the bowl or by the top - but delicately by the stem. We learned this and many other small le...