Twenty Things I Learned In New York City
New York City. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. Over the last five days, I finally walked the streets of NYC, and I kind … Continue reading Twenty Things I Learned In New York City
Tag: vacation
Beaches make everything better
So this was me last week, before I was hit with the mother of all yuckiness. Let me explain. Before we learned we were moving to the east coast of Florida, we planned a trip to the west coast of … Continue reading Beaches make everything better
Journey To The Outer Banks
Breathtaking, isn’t it? Last week was full of breathtaking moments as my family and I embarked on a journey to Hatteras, North Carolina, on the southernmost tip of the Outer Banks…accessible by car, that is. What a journey it was! First came the air travel and the obligatory panic attack. I’m so used to panic attacks at airports that you’d think by now I could ignore them completely. Nope. The anxiety and agitation reached a peak, and my poor husband just didn’t know what to do with the blubbering mass of (quiet) hysterics that had become his wife. I inhaled … Continue reading Journey To The Outer Banks
The Pause Before the Plunge
The roller coaster slows as it chugs its way up the steep incline. Reaching the zenith, there’s a slight pause, a moment of inertia until gravity takes over and the coaster accelerates down the hill in a rush of adrenaline and squeals. If this scene does not accurately describe your own experience riding roller coasters, that’s okay. It doesn’t describe mine, either, because I don’t ride them. But it’s how I imagine a roller coaster ride would be. I bring up this roller coaster scene not because I have a hankering to go stand in the hot sun on concrete … Continue reading The Pause Before the Plunge
Island Girl’s Adventures
Ahhh. The ocean was so beautiful today I wanted to circle my arms around it and draw it into myself. I literally experienced that desire to “drink in” the scenery — I feasted on the view with my eyes and my heart. Tomorrow we make the trek home, and I am filled to the brim with stored up joy and refreshment from this mini-vacation. If I was an inanimate object, I’d be a bubbling fountain. Or an ocean wave. I wish I could bottle up the coast and transplant it up a ways north so we could visit more often! … Continue reading Island Girl’s Adventures
