‘Weekend Getaways’ Articles

The first time I heard about Finger Lakes in upstate New York was while sipping on one of their delicious red wines and laughing it up with one of their lovely tourism representatives – the ladies are indeed lovely, but the wine definitely helped bring on the laughter. At first I thought it was no [Continue]

A couple of weekends ago I was heading out on a road trip to the annual Blogalicious conference. I was going with one of my closests friends Issa (of SingleMamaNYC.com). No kids, no husband (mine), just us girls, on the road, to DC. Except it wasn’t DC, really. It was a new area near DC [Continue]

Last weekend the family and I packed up the car and headed 7 hours South to Virginia to visit the Williamsburg area. Now, we’ve been to Williamsburg, VA in the past when we visited Bush Gardens in our last Summer road trip. But this time we were going for a new experience. We were going [Continue]

There are so many reasons why travelers fall in love with a place. There is often one really special reason we choose to go back year after year, over all other choices. For me, when visiting Congress Hall in Cape May, NJ, that special reason would be its story. Not to say that it doesn’t have [Continue]

Located in beautiful Woodstock, Vermont is The Woodstock Inn & Resort a 142-room, AAA Four Diamond Resort and member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts. It offers guests an award-winning dining experience in any of its three restaurants, also noted to be among the best in New England. Travelers looking to get away and enjoy the [Continue]

For me, one of my favorite sensations is sitting back and enjoying the lull of a train taking me to some new and exciting destination. This might not be the case for someone living in New York City or another city that uses metros heavily, but in San Diego, using the public metro isn’t very [Continue]

The new Fall season has not officially started, but it is safe to say that with all the festivities of the New York Fashion Week and kids going back to school, NY folks have really started to live it up. Our crew was no exception. The moment the first cool breeze touched our faces we [Continue]

My love for travel, especially travel with my family in tow, comes from the fact that almost always I come away with a new dimension of me and of my kids. The more unique the trip, the more opportunities I have to discover something new about all of us. Thus, those are usually the trips [Continue]

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. Complimentary accommodations and some dining were provided courtesy of Whiteface Lodge and Resort. The views and opinions expressed here are strictly my own. For more information please refer to the disclosure page. The Adirondacks has become a favorite place for my family and I to visit. A few times [Continue]

As the weather gets warmer, and the city streets get hotter, my family and I love to go on little beach getaways outside of Manhattan. Our beach destination of choice: Long Island. Even though we have a car, we often find that not driving is not only greener, but easier, especially in the Summer months [Continue]