Destination

Baltimore is home, and home is where the heart is and all, but occasionally a change of pace and weather is necessary, to keep the heart pumping long and strong.  A recent jaunt to Florida, the locales being Delray Beach and Miami, was just the right remedy to brighten up my winter blues. R&R, yummy food, posh accommodations, and fantastic weather set me on pace to brave the heavy world of a holiday season in retail. 

Some of my favorite shots from the trip, through my favorite Instagram filter...

Better Late.

Then Never.

The past two years I've been in Montana for rodeos and fireworks. Due to work circumstances we stayed in Baltimore- and my Fourth of July this year was pretty amazing! We had a great group of people lounging poolside at the new Four Seasons pool all day long, sipping champagne, noshing on their delicious fish tacos and people watching to the extreme. (It's funny how demeanors change throughout a day of celebration.) And just being in the Harbor area, with a view of Federal Hill's flag flying high, hearing canons exploding on Fort McHenry, and seeing endless amounts of sailboats passing in and out of the Inner Harbor, sets the mood perfectly for a patriotic party.

Dinner at Wit & Wisdom was a downright good time- buffet style pulled pork, Moscow Mules and the best damn hot dog combined with synced red white and blue regalia got me going just in time for fireworks from our deck with good friends and fun neighbors.

Cayman.

Holiday on Grand Cayman Island, January 2012.

Forward Thinking...

Looking forward to the joys of the warmer months. Including 

beach bumming, 

unkempt waves, tan lines,

cutoffs 

& 

bare midriffs.

LA Dreaming

Loved my recent weekend excursion to LA... Thankfully, a misentered address into the GPS got my friend Caroline and I lost in Venice Beach- a very easygoing detour out of the sometimes hard to handle Hollywood. Dinners at Cleo, Nobu and Bazaar rounded out each day and thankfully I found my star on the Hollywood walk of fame. There's nothing out there a cruise in a convertible, top down, wind in your hair, can't fix. Can't wait to go back next year!

Greece Lightning

My trip to Greece included a ton of amazing adventures- including a Big Fat Authentic Greek wedding, trips to the mountains, coastal visits to Loutraki and Nafplio, a viewing of the Corinth Canal, all the olive oil/tzatziki/fresh fish/feta I could stuff in my mouth, and a final few days shopping and sightseeing in Athens. I was with the locals, so as any traveler would, I did what the locals did. Here is my trip in a series of polaroids. Yasus!