A VISIT TO THE 911 MEMORIAL IN NYC

Hello there. We’ve just returned from an 11 day adventure that took us to New York City where we spent 3 days visiting with family and friends and then embarked on a 7 day cruise to Bermuda.  If you’ve been following along you’ll know that this trip was a graduation present to our youngest son […]

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THE CITY CLUB HOTEL NYC

Greetings from The City Club Hotel NYC. If you’ve been following along lately you may know that we recently took our youngest son Austin to NYC and then on a cruise to Bermuda. Prior to our cruise we stayed in this hotel, which is centrally located on 44th Street between 4th & 5th Avenues in […]

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MY FAVORITE PASTA RECIPE

Hi There. The other day my Philadelphia dwelling son called to ask me for my favorite pasta recipe. It’s his favorite pasta recipe too. I asked him if he had first checked the blog to see if I hadn’t posted it and sure enough I hadn’t. That’s crazy because it’s my favorite pasta recipe and […]

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CRUISE LIKE A NORWEGIAN

Greetings! We have a tradition in our family. Every time one of our children graduates from high school or college we take them on a trip of their choice. As a result we have rented homes on a island in Maine… taken Mediterranean cruises that involved flying in Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class… and we took […]

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8 LESSONS I LEARNED RENTING A HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS

Hello there. As the owner of 1, and soon to be 2, vacation rental homes here in Big Bear Lake, California, I am both an experienced landlord, and an experienced tenant as well, having rented numerous vacation homes myself over the years. After I wrote about our rental house in The Hamptons I had several people […]

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PASSING THE TORCH

Hello! Very soon I will be sending my last child, Austin, off to college, leaving Brad and I with an empty nest. I do recognize however that when you send a child off to college you can pretty well figure that if you’re lucky they will return during the summer months for a few more […]

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HOW TO HOST A HAMPTONS STYLE WEDDING REHEARSAL DINNER

Hello. Back before my blogging days, my stepson Adam got married to lovely Alissa. Alissa is from Southampton, New York. Yes, that’s one of those toney towns that make up what is referred to as “The Hamptons”. Although my Spanish grandparents immigrated to Long Island, New York, as a left coast native, I had actually […]

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OUR HOME IN THE HAMPTONS

Hi there! Today I thought I’d give you a tour of our home in the Hamptons. Well, if truth be told it’s not really “our” home. It was our rental home for one week, and was the place we hosted a wedding rehearsal dinner for our son Adam and his bride Alissa. My now daughter-in-law […]

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