I’ve been so busy over the past two weeks. I wish I could say I was jetsetting to some exotic place (…or any place), or that I was spending every waking moment enjoying this warm extended fall we’re experiencing in Chicago, but the truth is not nearly as glamorous: I was at work. Between the Read more
Mom has had some pretty awesome birthdays over the past eleven years. She’s always somewhere on her birthday. One year, we were in Disneyland. Another year, we were in the Bahamas. Last year, we were in St. Lucia on her birthday. She laughs it off, usually posting some (unintentional) humble brag on Facebook about having Read more
Location is key when visiting Paris, even more so when you’ve never visited before. With three days in Paris planned for our big Europe trip, we knew that we needed to choose a good one. Paris hotels have a reputation for being on the small side, and my family does not travel light, so our Read more
We’d finally reached the end of the road on this Vision of the Seas cruise: the last sea day. There was nothing left to do except everything we didn’t do in the past week and a half. And pack. But packing’s the worst, isn’t it? I always put off packing before we leave because as Read more
After 11 days and five countries, our time onboard the Vision of the Seas was drawing to a close, but before we finished this chapter of our adventure, we still had one more port to go: Naples. Naples was a big one because it was the stop that connected to Pompeii, Capri, Sorrento, Positano and Read more
