REVIEWING OF THE FLEET

Ahoy Matie! As summer activities on Lake Arrowhead begin to wind down for the season it is a tradition at the Lake Arrowhead Yacht Club for the current Commodore to perform a “Reviewing of the Fleet” exercise. With tongue in cheek, lots of laughs and tons of silliness, the members ambitiously decorate their motor craft in […]

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A VISIT TO EATALY

Greetings! I recently paid a visit to Eataly, an Italian gastronomical paradise of epic proportions. Eataly, a cute play on the words “Eat” & “Italy” has several branches in various cities around the world, but I recently visited the New York City location. A visit to Eataly has been on my bucket list ever since […]

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DINING AT DIRTY FRENCH

Dear friends and food aficionados, have I got a restaurant for you! It’s called Dirty French… and it’s located in the Ludlow Hotel where we stayed during our recent trip to New York City. You can read all about this terrific, lower east side hotel in my recent post by clicking here. During our short stay […]

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CHECKING INTO THE LUDLOW HOTEL NYC

Greetings from New York City. Our recent cruise to Bermuda started and ended in NYC so we decided to spend a couple of days in The Big Apple at the tail end of the cruise. This time we stayed at a relatively new hotel called The Ludlow (opened in June 2014) and I fell in […]

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HAWAIIAN STYLE FRIED RICE RECIPE

Aloha! You may have noticed that I have spent a lot of time lately telling you all about my adventures on the island of Bermuda. I think it made me a little sentimental and reminiscent about the years I spent living in Hawaii, where I met my husband Brad. In what seems like another lifetime, […]

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THE BEAUTIFUL HOMES, HOTELS & BEACHES OF BERMUDA

Hello there! I hope you have not yet tired of all my reporting on Bermuda because I saved the best for last: the beautiful homes, hotels & beaches of Bermuda. On our 2nd day on the island, we decided to take a ferry ride from the Royal Naval Dockyard where our ship was moored, to […]

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A VISIT TO THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF BERMUDA

Greetings! Today I invite you to join me for a visit to the beautiful island of Bermuda. Our cruise ship, NCL’s Breakaway, tied up in the Royal Naval Dockyards on the western tip of Bermuda where we would remain for 3 days. Brad and I took full advantage of those 3 days to explore as much […]

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THE ROYAL NAVAL DOCKYARD BERMUDA

Greetings from the Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda. Located in the Atlantic Ocean just 650 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Bermuda has the distinction of being the oldest remaining British Overseas Territory. It’s only a 2 hour flight from New York City & Washington, D.C., 2 1/2 hours by plane from Orlando, Florida; and about 7 hours […]

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