Travel
Ireland 2017 Hotel Highlights
Places We’ve Stayed at in Ireland Overview Dublin, Ireland – July 14 & 15, 2017 The Merrion 21-24 Upper Merrion Street http://www.merrionhotel.com Belfast, Northern Ireland – July 16,… Read More
Travel
British Airways Cityflyer
My trip to Ireland, as mentioned in my posts about Virgin Atlantic, started out in London visiting friends Darren and Ian. The next leg was getting to Dublin… Read More
Travel
Virgin Atlantic Experience – The Return
July 26, 2017 In my prior post about the Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Experience, I talked about the trip to London from Seattle. I also want to give… Read More
Travel
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Experience
July 11, 2017 Another new airplane adventure! Virgin Atlantic, just this year, took over Delta’s route between Seattle and London. After years of flying exclusively British Airways on… Read More
QM2 2016
Queen Mary 2 – New York to New York
As we mentioned in the intro to this section, we decided to take another cruise on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. We really looked forward to seeing all the… Read More
Dining
La Sirena – New York
Dinner for our night in New York before once again boarding the Queen Mary 2 (see our last trip) was at La Sirena, a Mario Batali venture just in its… Read More
QM2 2016
New York – Viceroy Hotel
Opened in 2013, the Observer (Kim Velsey, 10-10-2013) described the Viceroy as “Soho with a killer view of Central Park, new construction with a mid-century aesthetic, masonry with… Read More
Food
Hawaiian Vanilla Company
In Kevin’s article about making our Thanksgiving Cranberry Compote he mentioned our vanilla extract. This gave me the idea to write a quick note about it as well.… Read More
London
The Journey Home
The Journey Home By Steven 25 August 2015 This day has finally come. Sadly, it’s time to head home. We’ve certainly enjoyed our travels, seeing old… Read More
England
London – Our Last Day in the UK
24 August 2015 By Steven – I was the last to get out of bed this morning. By the time I was downstairs, the day was… Read More
England
Edinburgh to London – Travel Day
23 August 2015 by Kevin We’re nearing the end of our vacation and are a little exhausted, a little ready for the next and last leg, a little… Read More
QM2/Scotland
Scotland – Day 2 in Edinburgh
22 August, 2015 by Steven – After a busy day the day before and knowing that we will be having another long day, we decided to take our… Read More