Southport, NC
We are headed to the beach for a weekend in a few weeks and I cannot wait. Life seems to make more sense when I am near the ocean.
Our family house is in Cherry Grove, SC but we love to take a day trip north to Southport, NC.
It is just after 4:00 am and I am up early to get some things done for a few clients. I do a lot of the creative ads for any campaigns I run digitally and my mind sometimes wakes me up with ideas. So here I am; wide awake and typing when I might be better off sleeping. Nonetheless here are a few of the things going on in my mind…
That’s all for now. Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!!
One of my favorite things in the world is the excitement that comes along with anticipating a vacation. I have spent the last week watching videos on YouTube about Naples, Florida. I have found several unique restaurants we will visit and many shopping areas Evelina will enjoy. Our condo is right on the beach with a courtyard which is only feet from the sand. We haven’t been to the condo in a couple of years and it will be nice to see the renovations completed.
I am currently building a territory at my job which requires a lot of hours and a lot more effort than managing an existing territory. It will be a nice break to recharge the batteries for a week.
Needless to say I am as excited as a kid at Christmas!
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Sunrise, Atlantic Ocean. Photograph, Ann Fisher.
If you were dying, but still felt healthy now, what would you do with the time you had left?
This question is the premise for two films entitled Last Holiday.
In the 1950 version of the story, Alec Guinness plays George Bird, a salesperson of modest means and ambitions. During a routine physical, his doctor delivers a terminal diagnosis: he has Lampington’s disease, rare and very deadly — and he will die soon.
Bird wanders into the street in a daze, winds up in a second-hand shop where he purchases a Duke’s wardrobe, then takes himself off to a posh seaside resort. No longer hampered by his “keep-my-head-down attitude,” Bird starts to say exactly what he thinks.
Alec Guinness played George Bird in the original version of Last Holiday (1950).
The wealthy are charmed. A captain of industry seeks his advice. Bird finds himself the center…
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Travelpro Platinum Magna 2 21 Inch Express Spinner Suiter
I’m pleased to announce a second quarter give-away for my email subscribers in the USA and Canada. Thank you for following my travels and my writing!
My July 2017 drawing will be for a Travelpro Platinum Magna 21 inch Spinner suitcase. Travelpro has a great reputation for making quality luggage, and I’ve chosen it because, hey, I’d enjoy having it this bag.
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White sand beach at Savannah Bay in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. iStock Photos.
Private yachts flock to the smaller British Virgin Islands and St. Barth’s. There’s a reason for this: they are home to some of the most beautiful beaches and water in the Caribbean. Floating in crystalline water and watching the clouds pass overhead is deeply relaxing.
Windstar’s Wind Surf yacht at sunset. Photograph courtesy of Windstar.
I’ve just returned from St. Martin and a week-long cruise on Windstar’s Wind Surf on their Yachtsman’s Caribbean itinerary. It was perfect.
We spent seven days in small harbors the big ships cannot get to — how nice to be so spoiled!
On the larger islands of Antigua and Tortola, the ship dropped anchor in Falmouth and Soper’s Hole — far from the madding crowd at the cruise terminals.
At Jost Van Dyke, Virgin Gorda, and St. Barth’s there were only…
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Fearless!
Hi my blogger family!
We’re having a mini family vacation at Emerald Isle North Carolina. We are celebrating my niece’s 20th birthday and my mother’s 90th. The niece that is came with my mother and I is my younger brother’s daughter. My older brother’s daughter and her family received the vacation voucher from her husband’s work. My older brother, his wife, and his daughter and her family are with us as well.
It is right on the beach and just a few steps to the ocean. However, there are stairs down to the beach and then a sand dune to climb up and then over and down to the beach by the ocean. Since I am not able to navigate that path, I won’t be going to the ocean.
However, I hope you enjoyed the pictures. It was very foggy this morning, and the waves were crashing into the…
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Welcome to Lucky Otter’s Haven!
In just a month (April 7th), I’ll be driving back to the Tampa Bay area again to visit my son. I’ll be there for 5 days, until the 12th. This time, my daughter is coming along with me, since she hasn’t seen where he lives before.
When I went in August last year, it was the first time I’d ever been in Florida, and since my son was working most of the week I was there, I had time to spend alone exploring the area. One of my favorite discoveries was the bath-warm waters of the Gulf near his home, with its ever-shifting tides that expose the silt-like sand at low tide. There aren’t a lot of tourists there in August (too hot), so that trip actually turned out to be not only a peaceful, but also a spiritual experience — not to mention…
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Today’s Reblog contest winner is…The Tiniest Achievements!!
Alongside my ‘Resolutions’ updates, I will be starting a Travel Diary. For the most part, this is so I can have a record of the places I’ve been too, but should you happen to be visiting any of the places I recall, I’ll be sure to spare some handy tips.
‘It’s the happiest place on Earth!’ my boyfriend said, expertly trying to convince me that this was the trip of choice for a twenty-something-actually-he’s-thirty couple. In actual fact it was the price that was most persuasive; in mid-January Disneyland tickets are most affordable and upon arrival you’ll be met with short queues all round, which is definitely a bonus. What Sebby failed to mention is that he booked the trip the day after the ‘Season of the Force’ opened, so we were also met with swarms of stormtroopers. Whilst that might not be quite the happily ever after I’d imagined…
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