by Francie | Oct 16, 2017 | Celebrities, Travel
There I was, standing in the lobby of the Hotel Belleclaire in New York City, late on a Saturday night. My friend was checking us into our room while I stood with our luggage making new friends everywhere I could. Something about travel makes me giddy, like too much...
by Francie | Jul 6, 2016 | Travel
For two weeks, my family traveled across Italy experiencing to-die-for wine and food, breathtaking views, impressive architecture and art, and a people so friendly we wanted to convert. ROME We started in Rome/Pompei. Hired guides educated us on the Vatican and Roman...
by Francie | Apr 5, 2016 | Family, Travel
Millennials are cool. I want to be one, based on the two I met. I can also say I had a parenting epiphany at the same time. We can learn a lot from these hipsters. I connected with two very bright ladies through my high school friend, an exchange student from...
by Francie | Nov 25, 2015 | Food, Travel
In two days, I gave my brother and his wife the San Francisco 101 tour. We rode the cable car, visited the fortune cookie factory and Alcatraz. We ate our way through the Ferry building grabbing Vietnamese noodle bowls and fancy cheeses and bread. We got the...
by Francie | Oct 14, 2015 | Food, Travel
Over the summer, we hosted a Taiwanese swimmer. He is eighteen and never traveled to America. We introduced him to the American melting pot of cuisine: hamburgers, spaghetti and burritos. He hated hamburgers until he had American beef. That changed everything for...
by Francie | Aug 30, 2015 | Fashion, Travel
With two hours to kill before our flight back home from NYC, my family and I visited the fashion museums of 5th Avenue. Literally hundreds to choose from, we settled on two: Musee d’Bergdorf Goodman and Galerie d’Gucci. And, just like The Met or MOMA, the “docents”...
