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
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…
To spice up any family road trip, add one ferry boat ride. In the San Juan Islands, a ride from Anacortes will not only lead you through spectacular scenery freed from your car seats and seat belts, all with the chance of spotting orcas and other wildlife, but you can eat hot dogs and popcorn,…
In honor of Arbor Day today, I’m posting a photo of one of my favorite travel trees (of course, there have been many!). We walked past this tree each time we left our chalet to stroll down to Arenal Lodge (read my full hotel review here), and I always had to stop and take a…
Kauai is home to three gardens that are part of the “National Tropical Botanical Garden”: Limahuli Garden, which is located in the wetter north of the island; and the McBryde and Allerton Gardens, which are both located in the south near Poipu, and share this entrance. If you’re visiting Kauai with young children, be aware…
“Big honkin’ frogs!” is not a phrase I’ve used many times in my life—if ever. But during our recent stay at Evergreen Lodge, Yosemite, there was one glorious moment when it was just about all that I could say. We were on a delightful family walk from the lodge through the woods to the shore…
For a month before we traveled to Spain, our family ate dinner each night beside a smattering of photos of the things I hoped we would see on our journey. In the center was a full-page photo of the unmistakable reflection pool at the Nasrid Palaces in Granada’s UNESCO World Heritage Site: The Alhambra. While…