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THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY

Hello there. It is already the first Monday in May, where does the time go?? I have always liked the month of May, when Spring finally begins to reveal itself, the April showers have subsided, and the weather is mild, getting one in the mood for summer. It’s a sort of transition month if you […]

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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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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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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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