Photo Fave: Our happy place… and yours?
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| In 2012… may you go to your family’s happy place! |
All content of this blog (c) Shelly Rivoli 2007 – 2011
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| In 2012… may you go to your family’s happy place! |
All content of this blog (c) Shelly Rivoli 2007 – 2011
The Aloha juice and smoothie truck at Hanalei, Kauai. Sometimes you can search all day in vain for a little local color. Other times, you may find it parked smack dab in the middle of a parking lot. Here, at the Aloha Juice Bar (on wheels!), we found a veritable rainbow of refreshment options–mango-banana-pineapple smoothies and…
A kid’s view of Arlington West from the Santa Monica Pier. In honor of Veteran’s Day today, I’m posting this photo of the Arlington West Memorial in Santa Monica, California. As you head down the pier, lined with ice cream and cotton candy vendors, seafood restaurants, and gift booths toward the beckoning roller coasters and…
Big island, big belly, big hike? Time for a big shave ice. The strange thing about landing on planet “Kilauea Iki Crater” is that the people there look really small. In fact, there are two people hiking out just an inch to the right of my shoulder that you can’t even see when I resize…
You may have noticed, if you haven’t been away on your own family adventures just yet this summer, a lag in my blog posts and articles of late. If you know a thing or two about me, you can probably guess why (new baby, planning travel, traveling with baby + 2 kidlets, hosting 6 out-of-town…
Two if by sea – and with help of Vacation Nanny. This blog has been sailing along at a pretty steady clip since the new year, but last week my little guy got hit by the flu and some things had to slide–including a little childcare I was planning on to help get some projects…
I hope you all had a fantastic Mother’s Day weekend! For me, it was one wonderful birthday celebration sliding into a most memorable weekend getaway, checking out a place that’s been on my to-do list for some time. Safari West is a 400-acre wildlife preserve and African-style tent camp located just outside of Santa Rosa, California. It’s…