Category Archives: Travel “Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go…” There are other Thanksgiving songs, but this one is the one that conjures up images of the many Thanksgivings we spent at my parents’ house in the Berkshires. It was a journey for all of us, and the drive from Philadelphia included crossing […]  I am a sucker for dumplings, not as in chicken and, but Asian dumplings, the kind my daughter used to ask for in three syllables dump-a-lings. Whenever I’d ask what she wanted for dinner it was dumplings. Just the other day I saw something about a new place that’s opened here in Philly, and what is […]  We reached the end of the road Sunday. I made the long drive from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia alone, after putting Rachel on a plane bound for Mississippi. It was a beautiful day for a drive, but I was pretty tired. There was a wedding (or three) at our hotel and our room was a little […]  Friday morning we decamped Seven Springs and headed for Pittsburgh. The ride was just over an hour and we got a sweet deal at the Wyndam Grand by booking our hotel at the last minute. We have a room on the 14th floor overlooking three bridges, a huge fountain, both sports arenas and an elegant hill. […]  Day three of our road trip (Thursday) started early, we were dressed and out the door by 7:30, on our way to tour the Frank Lloyd Wright house, Falling Water, the inspiration for this trip. Once I realized it was within driving distance of home I started planning this trip, and the rest of it, well, parsley. […] |
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