by Marybeth Bond | May 27, 2011 | San Francisco, Romance
From our local friends at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf: 1. Walk, bike, run or skip across the Golden Gate Bridge. 2. Enjoy a California Sunset Cruise aboard Red and White Fleet 3. Share a hot fudge sundae at world famous Ghirardelli chocolate 4. ...
by Marybeth Bond | May 20, 2011 | Adventure
When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber of your body. –Emerson Utterly unlike camping and walking in the woods, your first backcountry hike and hut experience is an initiation into the soul of the high...
by Marybeth Bond | May 9, 2011 | Adventure, Student Travel Tips, Turkey
From our friends at Thomson Family Adventures: 1) Maybe you’ve been to all the usual places… but Turkey is NOT a usual place. It’s full of more surprises than we can even tell you about. 2) History. World history was practically invented in Turkey. From the Roman...
by Marybeth Bond | May 9, 2011 | Adventure, Giving Back, About Marybeth
Mother’s Day 2010 found me and my daughter JC on a grand adventure for a good cause: biking across America to raise funds and awareness to help fight osteoporosis, which runs in our family and affects millions of American women. Daughter Annalyse trained with us...
by Marybeth Bond | May 7, 2011 | California, Girlfriend Getaways, New York City
1. Winterthur Garden, Wilmington, Delaware http://gardenblog.winterthur.org/ Before you go, check their garden blog, a resource for garden lovers who want the nitty-gritty details of what’s currently blooming. 2. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, on Biscayne Bay near Miami,...