The forecast for our week in France was excellent: sunny every day, and only 3 hours of rain scheduled for the entirety of our trip. Literally only 3 hours. It just so happened that those 3 hours came during our visit to the Eiffel Tower. Pouring rain and jetlag encumbered our trip to the top […]

We arrived in France extremely jetlagged. Overnight flight with a 3.5 year old and 1.5 year old… I would say none of us got sleep, besides the 3.5 year old, who secured his age in hours of shuteye. 11pm departure, 11am arrival, 6 hours of flight time. 1 hour of customs and immigration. 30 minutes […]

Our first vacation without the kids – and how lucky were we not to have to organize a single aspect of it, besides booking our plane flights; we were off to Mayakoba, a destination just south of Cancun in Quintana Roo, Mexico, for our friend’s 40th birthday, and he was the tour organizer. To say […]

We left The Plaza hungry, and you can read about why from my previous post. The Ritz is literally only a few doors down, almost hidden among the many entryways along Central Park South. Unlike our previous experience at The Plaza, one could feel the confidence among the staff as we entered this property, almost […]