Island Time

The United Airlines clerk looked puzzled. “Um, you want to go to Boston?” he click-clacked on his keyboard. His furrowed brow told me my flight wasn’t going to depart any time soon. “Not from this airport. You’re in Richmond. Your flight leaves from Washington, DC.” […]

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Slow Travel in Style

Barcelona is rapidly becoming one of my favorite cities on the planet, thereby bumping Chicago down a notch. The pace of life matches your heartbeat as you stroll along the cobblestone streets. It is clean, friendly, and most importantly for a Virginia gal like me, warm. […]

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The Gift of a Year

The phone jangled just as I was shutting down my computer. It was my sister, fresh off her summer beach vacation. She was brimming with ideas and excitment. “You’ve got to read this book: The Gift of a Year: How to Achieve the Most Meaningful, […]

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Right on Time

“Oh no!” my friend’s email cyber-wailed. “I forgot your birthday…” Actually, she had not. She had remembered right on time. I spent seven glorious days on a Spanish island with two of my favorite people in the world: my best friend and my husband (my […]

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