My Pretty Little Galway Girl
We told each of the kids that when they graduated high school, we would take them on a trip anywhere in the world. My oldest Kaleigh wanted to go to Ireland and learn more about her roots on the Hanley side of the family, so we were more than happy to oblige. The three of us (Kaleigh, my girlfriend Debbie and I) set off with my best friend Liz in tow. Luckily, we had enough United miles for three plane tickets so that helped bring the cost down significantly. At the time we were miles newbies and weren’t aware of the United excursionist perk – had we known then what…
Start spreading the news…… my favorite Broadway Musicals!
Anyone who knows me, knows that I absolutely love theater. Broadway, The West End, touring shows you name it, I’ll go. I am especially partial to musicals, so if you think they have a biased advantage in this post – I’ll just ‘fess up now and admit you are absolutely right! If I have to chose between a musical and a straight play, I’ll choose the musical every time. I get calls and messages from friends all the time asking what they should see or where they should buy tickets, so I thought it might be easier if I just wrote an article about it. Let’s start with the basics…
Our Bucket List Trip out West….
After taking a trip to Italy in 2014, I got really excited about travel and started saving airline miles to take my three kids on a trip. I wasn’t ready to take them overseas yet and being from Florida I thought it would be really cool to take them out West. I asked them each to make a bucket list, of items big and small that they wanted to do while we were there, and I’d do my best to make as many as I could happen. Their requests ranged from things as big as whitewater rafting, to as small as having an In-N-Out burger. Once I had their lists,…
