I am very thankful that despite the roller coaster ride that the COVID pandemic has been for all of us, Andrew and I have come to an agreement about the risk/return tradeoffs we are willing to make in terms of going about our life together as this strange “new normal” unfolds. We’ve chosen to be… Read more

We were lucky to be able to set up a second home exchange right after our stay in Banff – in Victoria, BC. Andrew and I hadn’t been to Victoria since Ari was a tiny baby and other than the Empress Hotel I had little recollection of the city. It has no doubt grown over… Read more

Ok, so this will not be exotic…but boy, will it be fun! Simon Menaker has been part of Ruthie’s life for about a decade…her soulmate – met in Israel, courted in Charlotte/Chapel Hill, migrated together to Miami for Simon’s medical school stint, settled in LA for the next few years with his residency and her… Read more

Never let it be said that Andrew and I let grass grow under our feet. Certainly the pandemic clipped our flying wings along with millions of other people, but we managed to do some exploring over the last year through home exchanges and a smattering of COVID-safe Airbnbs. We’d been toying with the idea of… Read more

Well, it started out pretty well… 2020 started out pretty darned well. With all three kids now living in Los Angeles, Mom and Dad settled in a lovely independent living community sandwiched between us and brother Noah and his family, and our company doing very well and growing fast, there was not a whole lot… Read more

Our final stop on our nearly month-long trip – from the Coast of Maine to Philadelphia to Colombia South America – was Cartagena. This port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast presents a wonderful historical juxtaposition…Its old walled city dates back to the 16th century with lively plazas, cobblestone streets and colorful colonial buildings. Just a… Read more

Timing is everything – especially when it comes to international travel.  It turned out that Ruthie and Simon were going to attend a wedding of a Miami couple in Bogota not long after our trip to Maine and our stop in Philadelphia for participation in a conference.  Luck would have it that we’d had a… Read more

After our sailing adventure on the Schooner Ladona, Andrew and I had a few days before we needed to head to Philadelphia to participate in a business-related conference, so we decided to spend a few additional days in Maine just relaxing, catching up on some work, and – as it turned out – visiting with… Read more

This  blog entry is for you, sweet Ava – our first and very special grandchild. After reading a wonderful article in the New York Times this week about the joys of grandparenting, I feel compelled to stop out from my “travelblogging” and share some of the daily thoughts and feelings I have as a novice… Read more

I admit it…Andrew and I have a touch of “ants in our pants” when it comes to travel. After a few weeks at home we both get a little twitchy and start looking for the next big adventure. We usually plan our excursions with some at-home time in between but somehow September and October this… Read more