High Hampton Inn: A literal boatload of beer

Reliving the Past at the High Hampton Inn

What do you get when you throw a bunch of college friends and tame llamas into the Blue Ridge Mountains, pile everyone into cabins with unlimited booze and add in a lake just begging for late night swimming? A wedding...

Brookfield Place, New York City

If We Were Moving Back to NYC Now…

If we were moving back to NYC today… …well, first off, we’d be poor. We just cannot seem to manage ourselves frugally in New York City and its constantly rising prices. When we visit, we go in fast...

Buxton Hill BBQ

Why Don’t We All Move to Asheville?

The first person I know who moved to Asheville, North Carolina was a blip. The second was a funny coincidence. The third was the start of a pattern. Then my sister visited and declared Asheville the city. The city that...

The Conrad Hotel New York: the fabulous lobby

Why We Love The Conrad Hotel New York

October 28, 2012. We had just spent a lovely week in Istanbul, our first real vacation from New York City after moving there early in the year. Our pup, Basil, was in the care of a neighbor. We were complimenting...

Transfagarasan Highway

Driving the Transfagarasan Highway in Romania

The car tires squealed through every corner. After exiting one hairpin and accelerating, another corner was quickly upon us. I peered out my window and could see the entire valley, a mix of rock and undulating green...