Charleston, SC dazzles – how to wrap it into four days? The choices are overwhelming! To design the perfect girlfriends reunion weekend – and get the choices we wanted – we applied a tried-and-true travel template from our years as seasoned Womentravelers: We started planning and making key decisions, such as preferred dates, accommodations and … 4 Days in Historic Charleston, SC READ MORE »

The perfect 36 hours in LA begins and ends in Santa Monica and Venice along the coast with two fantastic restaurant dinners that bracket a day of shopping. But where to start with so many possibilities? Here’s one itinerary. Dinner #1 – Hotel Casa del Mar, Santa Monica. The grand old Italian Renaissance on the … 36 Hours in Los Angeles READ MORE »

The hoped-for Christmas snowstorm had failed to materialize, so we left Bromley Mountain in Southern Vermont for a day of cruising through villages that charm in all seasons. What better way to immerse in holiday nostalgia than the Vermont Country Store in Weston, bursting with toys, games, and foods of childhoods from all eras? Or amble around the borders of the … Seasonal Palettes and Palates in Southern Vermont READ MORE »

In our family, Christmas was tradition-bound in the “over the river and through the woods” way. So the prospect of flying cross-country to spend the holidays in a hotel in Midtown Manhattan risked serious emotional disruption. Instead of the spectre of “Home Alone 2 (Lost in New York”), it was one of the most joyous … Christmas in Manhattan – Four Lessons and Many Carols READ MORE »