Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
1969 was a very good year for planet earth. We landed on the moon, our social consciousness was raised, and music was groundbreaking. It was also the year that those of us turning 50 were born, and let’s face it Gen-X is one of the coolest generations out there. Not ones to sit still, we …
When Ion, my partner of under a year, asked me if I wanted to go hiking in Italy with him, I looked him dead in the eye like a teen girl meeting a Jonas Brother, and enthusiastically said “Sure, sounds fun.” Sounds fun? Apparently love makes you crazy at any age. On the inside I …
Saving the planet is no longer a rallying cry for hippies, environmental activists, and the Green Party, it’s a call to arms for every living being on this planet. Living sustainably is not an optional activity any more; it’s an absolute must. That doesn’t mean you have to give up all the joy in life …
As mid-life awakenings go (I refuse to call it a crisis), mine has been pretty tame. Quite ho-hum actually. I left my husband with a bang one day last June and never looked back, travelled to Europe with my daughters in July, moved back in with my parents in August, moved into a new home …
Behind every great romance is a great story and the story of Sandals Montego Bay is a classic Pygmalion narrative. Boy meets run down hotel and transforms it into one of the world’s most iconic and recognizable escapes for couples, along the way trials and tribulations threaten to diminish the passion, but the boy is …
Is Tahiti good for families? It’s a question many parents ask and with good reason. The Islands of Tahiti are not a quick trip from anywhere on the globe. In addition, even with the strictest of budgets, it’s still going to cost you more than your typical family vacation. I’ve been to the Islands of …
There are few things we purchase in life that hold more meaning to us than travel. When we purchase a vacation we are buying memories, connection, and experience. Those feelings simply don’t appear when you’re buying toilet paper at a local box store. It’s only natural then, that if things go wrong on our vacation, …
I’ve never really understood the concept of a staycation, going so far as to poo-poo the idea for years thinking they were rather lame. I always felt that in order to get the benefits of a vacation you must first travel some great distance that requires you to complain at length about the journey. Then, …
