Weekend Vacations

So last weekend my husband told me he had a trip planned for my birthday weekend and he wanted to surprise me but he also didn't want me to get my hopes up as if we would be going to Vegas or a theme park or something like that. A bit of background: For as long as I have been with Rob we have always gotten these cute little cards every holiday with pictures of a little girl on them. And when I say EVERY holiday I mean it. She sent one out for St. Patty's Day, Valentines Day, Easter, and so on and so on. They were sent by Rob's old friend from school Kerry and the little girl featured on the ...

We spent a long weekend in Asheville visiting some friends of ours from Korea (they're now living in Japan). It was an interesting mix of his college friends, her college friends...and then us. The 'mutual' friends. Bill and Sarah did the lodging legwork for this one (it was, after all, THEIR trip) and booked a great cabin on the outskirts of the town (I can't bring myself to call it a city...). We brought along a list of good ideas from our previous visit here - along with the only guidebook we were able to find in a conventional book store: The Underground Asheville Guidebook. Asheville is ...

Martha’s Vineyard: Part 1 Chris and I spent Memorial Day weekend in Martha’s Vineyard for our birthdays. Martha’s Vineyard, to give a little history, was named by Bartholomew Gosnold, who sailed to the island in 1602. He named the island Martha’s Vineyard after his mother in law and his second child, both named Martha. (If you want to learn more, check out the wikipedia entry on Martha’s Vineyard). We headed to Martha’s Vineyard by bus: Port Authority to Woods Hole, Massachusetts and then a ferry from Woods Hole to Martha’s Vineyard. We stayed at The Thorncroft Inn, a cute bed and breakfast ...