Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
I don’t care if you have three graduate degrees and a PhD in Metaphysical Philosophy – you can never be prepared for the fear that comes with being a parent. It’s the worst kind of fear, because it’s a special kind of fear that seeps into every corner of your life. The thought that our …
“Yes, that first morning after that life altering diagnosis, when we get up and put one foot in front of the other and begin our first official day as someone with breast cancer, we become Survivors…finding the strength we never knew we could summon and a fight to survive that we never imagined we’d need. …
Ugh. Is it really September? I was just easing into summer and now I have to mentally prepare myself for the approaching chaos and I’m not talking about homework. I’m talking about competition season which starts in earnest for my cheerleading daughters in September and ends sometime next spring. It means countless hours at the …
When traveling I tend to gravitate to companies and agencies that don’t just pay lip service to being good corporate citizens, they actually do something. Part of the reason I sing the praises of Sandals and Beaches to friends and family is because of their hard work and honest dedication in making the communities they …
I’m pretty excited to be participating in Passports with Purpose 2013. In September of this year, I attended the TMS Family Travel Conference in Niagara Falls and learned all about this amazing organization from Mara Gorman, one of the founding bloggers. I fell in love with it. Not a day goes by that I’m not …
It’s fair to say that most of us want to give back when traveling. But how? When you visit someone’s home for dinner, you bring along a little something for the hostess. It is, after all, the polite thing to do when someone opens their doors to you and invites you into their personal space. …
What does a business do that inspires brand loyalty in you? Is it good service? Exceptional value? Great product? For me, those things matter greatly but they don’t usually inspire my undying devotion. What really binds me to a business brand is what they give back in their community. A couple of years ago, my …
