Category Archives: Travel

No budget for that trip to Europe this summer?  Click no further. I spent a short week in Geneva, Switzerland, for my 31st birthday and it was… fabulous.  I fell in love with Geneva: The lake, the trains, the Old … Continue reading

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My parents have retired to Santa Maria, on California’s Central Coast, and I’m so happy about it I feel like I’m the one who has retired. Most of California is great, no question, but Santa Maria is… perfect. It gets … Continue reading

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There’s a little known secret about the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Half Moon Bay.  It’s luxurious, yes (everyone knows that) and if the cost of a room there doesn’t make you cringe, it’s worth an overnight trip. But did you … Continue reading

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This past weekend, I shared with my friend Liz some photography I’d done of an orchid that blooms in my living room. She was full of compliments (as a good girlfriend ought to be) and asked why I didn’t post … Continue reading

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.. to the Parker Meridien in Palm Springs. Actually, I’m just back from a last-minute weekend getaway there, and although I would have loved to take you with me, I thought the least I could do is post a few … Continue reading

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