Recent Stories
Waylon and Willie and the girls
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Having written an entire book on Girlfriend Getaways, you'd think I'd have already been to all the best destinations for traveling with girlfriends. But this spring, amidst the bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush of the Texas Hill Country, I finally found girlfriend getaway nirvana.
'The Door' is open for art and coastal fun
Thursday, April 17, 2008
This is Ed. I met him — er, rather, I made him — in Door County, Wisconsin, at an art farm with four llamas, two horses, nine goats and a slew of cats, chickens and ducks.
Dream big in the Big Apple
Monday, July 2, 2007
Unlike most parents who urge their kids to be realistic, I tell my daughter to be anything but. Dream big, I always say. So when I took Taz with me to New York for the recent Book Expo, we stayed in the same hotel that James Dean stayed in when he first went to New York.
The suite life
Friday, May 4, 2007
A girlfriend getaway is more than taking a trip or booking a plane reservation. It's about making a life, about throwing out ho-hum ruts and lifeless rituals. A girlfriend getaway, above all, leads you to a different way of thinking.
Let go of the 'rules' and play the game
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Nearly all the concepts and judgments we take for granted are gross distortions of things as they really are. Everything we think is “real” is simply a reflection of the “Clue rules” we all agreed upon.
Do real cowboys eat pan-seared salmon?
Friday, Jan. 26, 2007
After my trip to Tanque Verde Ranch, it's going to be hard to look a real cowboy in the eye. Real cowboys, after all, sleep on the ground with only a 10-gallon Stetson for a pillow. They're derned grateful if they get so much as beans for dinner.
Make plans but be ready for surprises when on the road
Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006
OK, so you’re probably wondering. Who is that delicious hunk? And why is his arm around that 50-year-old Boomer Girl? The answer to the first question is “I wish I knew.”
Discover your inner spark
Monday, Dec. 18, 2006
You can transcend anything if you come to understand and apply spiritual principles. By becoming aware of these laws and utilizing them in your favor, you can fling wide the doors of creativity, love, and joy.
Road Trips with Friends: Priority One
An excerpt from "Girlfriend Getaways: You Go, Girl! And I'll Go, Too!"
Friday, Dec. 15, 2006
The point isn't what you do or where you go. The point is simply this ... we girlfriends need to get together.