It’s March, and dare I say that graduation is on the horizon. I implore you, on this momentous gift-giving occasion, and on other occasions as well (birthday, anniversary, Christmas, etc.), consider the gift of memories instead of things. I was going to write this post closer to Christmas, but the inspiration behind it is graduation-based,…
Category: Dreams
Blossoms aren’t everything: vacation compromises
As a local-from-the-suburbs, a jaunt into D.C. doesn’t quite count as a real vacation for us, but it certainly does require compromise sometimes! This ongoing cherry blossom saga is the first thing I always think of when it comes to vacation compromises. The upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival is the unofficial start to tourist season in…
Fill your bucket
… with sand, with lists, with destinations – preferably all three. It’s the new year. ‘Tis the season of hopes, dreams, and plans for the next twelve months. Some people have a word of the year; others have a to-do list; Pantone has a color. I’m a woman of lists, and while we’re dreaming here…
Travel like you dream
If I had a map of places to which I wanted to travel, it really wouldn’t be that helpful. I think it would be covered with so many pins that you could hardly tell one from the next. It would take a lifetime free of other responsibilities to adequately visit them all. But I have…