Yours Truly Hotel in Washington, DC looks like your average non-descript business hotel. Perhaps that’s why they’re running a great promotion on Travelzoo for stays in this large scale boutique hotel. So how did a local-ish girl from Maryland come to stay in a boutique hotel in Washington, DC (a totally commutable location)? Here’s how. … Read more
The Gaylord National in National Harbor (just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC) has reopened and the time off has done it some good! While many business struggled during the past year, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center was able to take full advantage of the closed facility to implement an already earmarked $64 … Read more
Put on your blue parka because it’s time to head into the 9 degree temperatures and experience Gaylord ICE! Every year, Gaylord National Resort, just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC and situated in the National Harbor area, hosts Christmas activities that are a perfect way for you to kick off the holiday season. … Read more
This post is sponsored by the American Red Cross who hosted me for a visit to their headquarters. All thoughts and opinions are my own. A few weeks ago, I was touring around downtown Washington DC with my son in tow and we drove past the American Red Cross building. I can’t say I had … Read more
Looking for a weekend adventure in Georgetown? It’s not that hard to do! I take some pretty major trips every once in a while. I’ve been to China. I’ve vacation in Turks & Caicos. And most recently, I traveled all the way to Saudi Arabia. But more often than not, I’m taking the same kinds … Read more
Is it me or does it seem like the Christmas season starts earlier and earlier every year? Do you have those friends who put up Christmas trees before Thanksgiving? Are YOU one of those friends? Every year, the holidays seem to take me by surprise but admittedly, I have my tree up and we’ve already kicked … Read more
I’ve been to Washington, DC more times than I can count and yet I still don’t feel like I know the city. It seemed to be the location of every field trip I took while growing up in Southern Maryland and I probably took that for granted. As an adult and a mom, I still don’t … Read more
When you live in a town like Eldersburg, Maryland, you don’t usually answer truthfully when people ask you where you’re from. It’s not that I have anything against Eldersburg but even people who live in Maryland have never heard of it. So there’s no real point of reference. It’s actually a little suburb that’s about … Read more
Sometimes I have too much content. Ever have that problem? You have so much you want to show and tell that you don’t know where to begin. That’s how I feel about my weekend staycation spent in Washington, DC as an invited guest. So I’ll follow the immortal words of Lewis Carroll from his book, Alice in … Read more
A sure sign that you’re getting older? You refer to music as rock ‘n’ roll, “a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.” Now I’m not old enough to have been around when it originated but I know about the greats like Chuck … Read more
