A new view of Key West

A new view of Key West

by | Apr 9, 2015 | Cruising, Feature USA, USA, Where we've been

I’m one of the lucky ones. My grandparents spent winters in the Florida Keys so I’ve been to Key West many times. I have seen the drag queen lowered in her giant shoe at midnight on New Year’s Eve. I’ve sipped beers in Sloppy Joe’s,...
Nebraska’s Nicest Nine Recap

Nebraska’s Nicest Nine Recap

by | Sep 30, 2014 | The Midwest, USA, Where we've been

Earlier this summer, Steve and I took off on a 6-day journey to find out for ourselves if our home state lives up to its new slogan, “Nebraska Nice.” We wrote about some of the nicest things we saw — calling them  our 2014 “Nebraska’s...
Thanks, Mom.

Thanks, Mom.

by | Sep 24, 2014 | Family, USA

We received our first postcards from a reader this week from none other than my mom, Carol. She had a fantastic time in Mason City, Iowa, the boyhood home of Meredith Willson who wrote one of our families’ all-time favorite musicals — The Music Man. The...
Love me some koh-lah-chee

Love me some koh-lah-chee

by | Aug 9, 2014 | Food and Drink, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been

Cherry is my personal favorite. And it has been since I was a little girl and was first introduced to kolace, usually at the home of my great-grandmother, Olive (Moravek) Rashleigh. She was Czechoslovakian and whenever we got together for family gatherings at her...