Robin

I woke up on January 5th to find multiple emails from Meta, i.e. Instagram and Facebook, that I had posted nefarious content and that my accounts had been deleted. At first, I assummed the emails were Spam. I quickly found out that they were real and my accounts were wiped off the face of the earth. Screenshot My first thought was, “Did I post a travel photo of a kid with no shirt on and was I…

Literary Retreats In The Sonoran Desert

I recently attended my second Literary Retreat in Arizona’s Sonoran desert. Peace, tranquility, female bonding, and literature discussions are my goals on these retreats. It’s 4 days of finding “the gift of presence” as meditation teacher, Caroline Welch says. The first Literary retreat was held at Miraval Resort: https://www.miravalarizona.com/ and the second was at Canyon Ranch…

Shenanigans About My Yacht Trips

Over the years I have been lucky enough to charter a yacht, be a guest on a yacht, own a yacht with friends, and sell a yacht. As luxurious and posh as that sounds, there have also been unhinged shenanigans and outlandish tales that occurred onboard these sea vessels. This is the story about those true events. Our Yacht, “Breakaway” On one of our first yachting adventures, our children were…

Laying Low In The Lowcountry

“I have heard it said that an inoculation to the sights and smells of the Carolina Lowcountry is an almost irreversible antidote to the charms of other landscapes.”—Pat Conroy, “Lords of Discipline” I’ve been spending some time lately in the South Carolina, Lowcountry. Wind-blown sand sheets, dunes, saltwater marshes, spike-leafed palmetto trees, Spanish moss, and humid days have all led to my…

Live in the 1960’s: Stay at the new TWA Hotel at JFK Airport

On one of my latest trips, I had the opportunity for a layover in New York City. Since I would be flying out in two days, I opted to decline a drive into Manhattan and stay instead at The T.W.A. Hotel in J.F.K. Airport. It’s the only on-airport hotel, and it’s a “trip!” The hotel is housed in what used to be the T.W.A. (Trans World Airlines) flight center which was designed in 1962 by noted…

Salute to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico A late springtime trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, promises warm weather and reduced crowds in the lively cantinas and outdoor cafes. The town of San Jose Del Cabo is now abundant with art galleries, hide-away watering holes, and some chic home-good stores. I recently visited Cabo to check out hotels for a potential party venue for a friend of mine. Here’s my take on some…

Driving The Civil Rights Trail; Southeast USA

As a child who grew up in California in the 1960s, I was alive when Martin Luther King Jr. made his monumental “I have a dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, when “Bloody Sunday” happened at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and when the assassinations of King, Kennedy, and Malcolm X all occurred. In school, I learned about how Jim Crow laws limited the rights of black Americans, I…

We decided to experience Southern Florida by way of a road trip through the Florida Keys this March. Having flown into Miami, our first stop was 90 minutes away in Islamorada. Known as the “village of islands,” it encompasses six of the Florida Keys. The Islands lie along the Florida Straits dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest. Prior to 1900, they were…

Bermuda is my happy place. I visited for the first time in 1989 when I stayed at The Coral Beach & Tennis Club. The club names their rooms and cottages, and mine was named “Midnight Mushroom” because it was the least expensive room, somewhat dark, with mismatched left-over furniture, and located directly above the scooter rental shop. Since that time, I have returned on several occasions and…