#fantasy break

Sweatpants & Sanity | Fantasy Break: Raised Garden Bed Kits

I saw a robin in my pine tree earlier this week, despite the foot of snow still lingering in my yard, and you know what that means! Spring is coming! Every year, I have big dreams of putting in a garden plot and growing my own vegetables, and every year, the season has gotten away from me before I can do so. Not this year, I tell you! This is my year! I’m not exactly a handy person. My husband…

Sweatpants & Sanity | Fantasy Break: Kitchen Trends for 2017

This winter has me feeling especially cabin fever-y, and when I feel cooped up in the house for too long, I start to fantasize about remodeling my space. On today’s fantasy break, we’re looking at a few of the top kitchen trends of 2017. Enjoy, and vote for your favorite in our poll! Is there a kitchen trend that you think is on point? Tell us in the comments. Tuxedo Cabinets Okay, so what’s a…

Sweatpants & Sanity | Fantasy Break: Destination Spas Around the World

Brr! This frigid weather and hard work shoveling snow and ice has me dreaming of flying south for the winter for a relaxing trip to a spa! What could be better than stretching, reflecting, and finding your center again as the most wonderful start to the new year? This week on Fantasy Break, we’ll explore five of the world’s best destination spas. Enjoy, and vote for your favorite in our poll! The…

Sweatpants & Sanity | Fantasy Break: Summer Camps for Grown-Ups

Did you love summer camp as a kid? This cold weather has many of us fantasizing about summer (or at least maybe sending our cabin-fevered children away for a few days), but did you know that there are adult camps you can sign up for, too? This week, we explore five grown-up options for camp – or is the adult way to say it “learning vacations”? – Enjoy, and vote for your favorite in our poll! 1.…

Sweatpants & Sanity | Fantasy Break: Fandom Tours

Some wildly popular films and television serials are filmed in incredible real-life locales. As a result, fans can sometimes live out their dream of, say, visiting a hobbit-hole, or having a cuppa with the Crawleys. This week, we’re visiting five film and television-inspired tours. Enjoy, and vote for your favorite in our poll! Downtown Abbey Tour, London, England Start your Downton Abbey day by…

Sweatpants & Sanity | Fantasy Break: Christmas Festivals Around the World

‘Tis the season to be jolly! Whether you’re more likely to go a’wassailing from the comfort of your own home than venture out in the cold, you can’t deny that walking through a literal winter wonderland puts a person in a great holiday mood. Here are five of the most famous Christmas festivals from around the world. Enjoy, and vote for your favorite in our poll! 1. Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park,…

Sweatpants & Sanity | Fantasy Break: World’s Most Lavish Desserts

I think we can all agree that spending hundreds (or thousands) of dollars on dessert is fairly ludicrous; especially when a couple of scoops of good ice cream will satisfy most of us in the sweet tooth department. As it turns out, however, there are people in the world who take their desserts seriously enough to drop some serious coin on them! I’m not necessarily talking about one-offs – a…

Sweatpants & Sanity | Fantasy Break: World’s Oldest Bookstores

I love a great bookstore. Modern chain bookstores, like Barnes & Noble, are good and well, but there’s something about an ancient, hole-in-the-wall bookstore, isn’t there? The dusty shelves, the forgotten volumes just begging to be thumbed through. For this week’s fantasy break, we’re visiting some of the world’s oldest bookstores. Enjoy, and vote for your favorite in our poll! 1. The Moravian,…