Tag: New York City

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination

  Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines “illumination” as “the action of illuminating or state of being illuminated,” going on to provide several additional examples of this definition: a : spiritual or intellectual enlightenment b (1) : a lighting up (2) : decorative lighting or lighting effects c : decoration by the art of illuminating   A library is […]

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  01/11/2013

  Life, Travel

  enlightenment, illumination, New York City, postaday, Public Library, Rose Reading Room, weekly photo challenge

• Important Life Lessons that Family Travel has Taught Me

  Our family has been blessed with some wonderful travel memories over the years.  Travel will be transitioning to college visit trips, with much of our travel budget over the next 6-8 years hanging on the hopes of good scholarship money!  As the primary trip planner and organizer, not to mention chief photographer (let’s face it, often the only […]

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  01/03/2013

  Life, Quotes, Travel

  Central Park, family, Gettysburg National Military Park, life lessons, Mesa Verde National Park, New York City, Rome, Tuscany, Yellowstone National Park

• Indulge Me, Please — I Promise this will be the LAST Holiday-Themed Post of the Year!

  With the images so fresh in my mind, and laundry still to be done from our trip to New York City over Christmas, I wanted to share with you some of the classic holiday lights of “The Big Apple” that contribute to such a festive, magical atmosphere in an already-interesting city (or as my husband […]

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  12/30/2012

  Travel

  Christmas, Christmas tree, department store, Empire State Building, holiday lights, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, New York City, Rockefeller Center, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany, windows