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Delicious Dining for Every Palate at The Sanctuary

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Lesley | 2 Comments

The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort features a bounty of regional delights and mouth-watering dining options for every palate. Wanting to experience the best of both worlds, we dined at The Ocean Room, the only steakhouse in the U.S. to earn both Forbes 4 Star and AAA 4 Diamond ratings, and Cherrywood BBQ & Ale House, featuring southern food…

Viewpoints – The Spa Experience

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Lesley | 5 Comments

What makes a great massage experience varies from person to person and gender to gender. There are the general expectations such as timeliness, cleanliness, and friendly personality but what really makes you leave saying, “I feel great. That was well worth the price…”? This morning, Darren and I both had massages at The Sanctuary Spa, Kiawah Island Golf Resort. We spent…

Ivar Revel Backpack- Preparing for a trip

Revel in Comfort & Superior Design – The Ivar Revel Backpack

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Lesley | 0 Comments

I always get asked how I manage to travel for extended vacations with only a backpack, especially if I’m traveling internationally. You’d be overwhelmingly surprised what you can fit in a well organized bag. I carry my computer, my camera and a few lenses, my GoPro, my phones, chargers/adapters, clothes, shoes, and toiletries. The Ivar Revel backpack holds all of my…

Ditching the Daily Dirt with Dyson

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Lesley | 10 Comments

Why didn’t anyone tell me how much work it is to keep a bigger house, especially one in Charlotte, clean? We are very clean people; we clean up after eating, don’t leave dishes in the sink, wash the bed sheets and clean the bathrooms at least weekly, dust, vacuum, and sweep regularly, and pick up after ourselves. Yet the house…

Groovy New Stroller

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Lesley | 0 Comments

It seems like just when you feel comfortable with a baby product, it’s time to change again. I loved Athena’s car seat/stroller system. I had it from her birth until now. It was familiar and easy to use but she no longer fits in the car seat. I do have her jogging stroller, which is absolutely perfect when it comes…

Time to Share – Marriott’s Harbour Lake

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Lesley | 3 Comments

I’d never stayed at a timeshare property. I’d never even visited one. Doesn’t that sound odd since I travel so frequently? I honestly thought that timeshares were for older people and they restricted you to one location indefinitely. How naive is that? But I bet I’m not alone, right? Then, I had the opportunity to visit Marriott’s Harbour Lake and…

Let it Rain at Marriott’s Harbour Lake, Florida

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Lesley | 6 Comments

The rain was coming down in buckets when I arrived at Marriott’s Harbour Lake, A Marriott Vacation Club Resort, in Orlando, Florida today. I was discouraged. I’m only here for three days; I didn’t want to spend one of them with nothing to do. When I checked in, though, and was handed the resort activity guide, my mood instantly changed. Their…

The Freedom to Explore at Your Leisure

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Lesley | 1 Comments

It was 6:30 am and Darren said that he’d like to go to Hilo at some point during our stay on The Big Island. My immediate response was “Okay, we should go now then.” I checked google maps and saw that it was an hour and half drive through Mauna Kea State Park and an hour and forty minutes along…

Scoping the Hawaiian Coastline

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Lesley | 0 Comments

Underwater adventures always top the list for Darren and I. We could live in the water and usually spend the better part of our vacation submerged in the water world. With GoPro, we can capture our experiences perfectly but adding us into the photo isn’t as easy. The GoPro Pole 2X Telescoping is a telescoping pole for the GoPro Hero and we…

Taking Our Hawaii Experience to the Next Level

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Lesley | 1 Comments

We flew into Hawaii in the dark. The view from the airplane window was black; I couldn’t even tell when we were about to touch down. We drove to our resort in the dark, again with zero visibility of The Big Island. I couldn’t tell if we were surrounded by a luscious tropical forest or an endless mound of dirt….