One of my favorite things about playing mahjong is seeing everyone’s sets. At this point, the tiles, mats, racks and tablecloths are almost as much fun as the game itself. I love seeing how people put everything together, and our September games brought some especially fun combinations to the table. I snapped pictures along the… Read More
It’s time for Whit’s second installment of 12 Gifts on the 27th, and just like I did with John three years ago, September is all about laundry. The difference this time around is that I now have two full years of experience sending a boy off to college. When I put John’s laundry gift together… Read More
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa has long been my absolute favorite resort at Walt Disney World and the one our family chooses most often. As Disney’s flagship resort, it manages to feel both wonderfully nostalgic and beautifully luxurious, with its Victorian-inspired architecture, impeccable grounds and unmatched location on Seven Seas Lagoon. And following the… Read More
We are reaching that funny time of year when I’m ready for all things fall, but the garden and the weather haven’t quite gotten the memo. So before I move on to soups, casseroles and everything cozy, we squeezed in what may have been one of our last true summer suppers of the year. Ivy… Read More
Our last full day aboard the Disney Dream was a sea day as we sailed full steam toward England, and the Atlantic apparently wanted to make sure we remembered it. I have been on A LOT of Disney cruises, and I have to admit that these were some of the roughest seas I had ever… Read More
After such a meaningful day in Santiago de Compostela, our next day in Galicia took us somewhere completely different. We spent the day exploring Betanzos, a historic town that I honestly don’t know if I ever would have discovered on my own. And that ended up being exactly what I loved about it. One of… Read More
Every day of this trip had been special in its own way, but this one felt different. We woke up aboard the Disney Dream in Vigo and headed inland through the Galician countryside to Santiago de Compostela. I knew before our trip that Santiago was famous as the ending point of the Camino de Santiago,… Read More