Tag: Travel
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london: week four
When I published my week 3 recap, my friend Stephanie texted me and asked, “Are you getting any sense yet of what it would be like to live there?” I have been thinking about that question for the last week. My guess is that if we did live in London, we would not have an…
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london: week three
Week three was full of visits from California friends plus our son who came for the entire week from San Francisco. I wish I could say that we are fully acclimated to the UK time zone but we still have days where we are up past midnight for no reason and then wake up after…
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london: week two
After a very dramatic end of our first week in London, we enjoyed a more predictable week of tourist outings and a three day visit with friends from the Bay Area. During week two, we managed to pack in a lot of activities that were recommended by friends and family, got a whole lot more…
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london: week one
The first week of our London experiment flew by. Despite the fact that my husband lost his wallet the day before we left, we had no delays getting here and seamlessly settled into our apartment. We are loving our accommodations which, unlike the last two short term, furnished apartments we rented in New York, are…
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london calling
Next week, we are leaving for our third fall “experiment.” The last two years we have moved to New York City for extended stays, gotten out of our comfort zones and found a lot of fun, inspiration and new friends. This year, we are expanding the experiment to London and staying for seven weeks. Between…
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cabo says what?
Confession: my creative process has hit a block in the last six weeks. I have sat down to write several different posts and they just don’t pan out. I had an idea to write about a system I want to use with my husband where I post our relationship status like they do at state…
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travel tag
Over the holidays, we took a family trip to New Zealand. I began planning this trip 10 months ago which included gathering itineraries from friends previous trips as well as using a travel agent who specializes in New Zealand. The 10 day trip went mostly as planned but it still was not as good as…
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nyc experiment: week twelve and faq
nyc experiment: week 12 and faq Two weeks ago today, I published the nyc experiment: week 11 post and the last fourteen days have been a blur. We took off to visit our daughter on November 16 and spent four days with her in Amsterdam and then flew with her to Copenhagen where she is…
Do I have chalk on my face? by Denise Geschke 