OK, so maybe it’s more like 36 hours, but the visit was short and thanks to the greatest tour guides of them all (Kristin and Scott from Camels & Chocolate), we hit some of the best spots in town. We stayed at fabulous 3 bedroom rental in the Germantown neighborhood,…
Bad Choices and Free Lunches
Today I bought another kid’s lunch. Other from my own, that is. And it’s not because the kid was in need or just because I was feeling super generous. I did it because my kid screwed up. She made a bad choice, today. Mayhem was attending a sports camp this week,…
Girl Talk at The Grand Ole Opry
A perfect day in Nashville begins with bonuts, and ends with ‘Girl Talk’ with Lauren Alaina. Just ask Mayhem. I grew up with a pretty interesting mix of music as the soundtrack to my childhood. Despite growing up in a very traditional lower-middle class neighborhood, my dad was the first…
Turks and Caicos – This is What We Came For
“We should really take a real vacation sometime this spring.” It was a conversation that Keith and I had, no fewer than umpteen times, beginning in late January. It’s true that we’ve had a lot of fun travel opportunities over the past few years, but it’s also true that aside…
Breaching Security
I saw the first sign about six weeks ago, on my street. ‘Suzy’ lives several houses down and I knew she was a varsity cheerleader at the local high school. (Even though we’ve never met … in fact, I’ve never even seen her.) Now I knew she was about to…
Begin Again
I know, I know, it’s gotten a little dusty around this place. Cobwebs in the corners and dust bunnies multiplying like … well, bunnies. Taking a break from writing in this space wasn’t intentional. At first. And then it was. Truth be told, this little family of ours wasn’t feeling…