You know you are of a certain age when you go to an amusement park and wonder about everything other than the roller coasters. Carowinds was an essential part of my American childhood. I was a season-pass holding thrill-seeker who didn’t shy away from the scarest of coasters. My kids don’t believe this given what…

Paperwork is an an essential part of adulting. And for those adults with kids, paperwork is amplified 10 folds. While tackling my most recent paperwork relating to school transport for the 2026-2027 school year, I filled out a request to move our bus stop closer to our home. Currently the bus stops 4 blocks away.…

Checking in with a few pictures from our five days in the Liguria and Tuscany regions of Italy. We visited La Spezia, Cinque Terre, Corsagna, Florence, Pisa, and Lucca (of which I have only been to Florence before). We have a rental car which means we have covered a lot of ground in between these…

I am in La Spezia, Italy as I type this. I have filled my camera roll with our two days here and am itching to share the pictures with you. BUT … … I can’t do that without first unloading the pictures from my trip to Venice, Italy, earlier this year. For the last handful…

If you find yourself in Venice, please don’t miss the Peggy Guggenheim Museum. I visited it this past January and it was one of my favorite things that I did in the city. The museum is located in Peggy Guggenheim’s former home called the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni right on the Grand Canal. I didn’t…