Waikiki With My Surfer Boys
My husband and our adult son are both surfers and they invited me to join them on their surfing safari
Author: Robin Venturelli
I’m a California native who after raising a family and working her way through several varied careers, sold her home, and moved with her husband into a small rental. Now I spend as much time as I can traveling. Most of my wanderlust centers around food, the arts, philosophy and a love of sunshine.
Vegas Baby
Major disclosure….Vegas is not my kind of town. I call it the "anti-zen" city. I like a delicious party town
Mrs. Robinson, How Does Your Garden Grow?
Mrs. Virginia Robinson, a wealthy philanthropist a wife of Harry Robinson, of the Robinsons department stores, built the first historic
Fifty Years; A Few Philosophical Thoughts, Questions, & Enlightenment
The second half of life? Playing on the back nine? One foot in the grave? I’ve heard it all now
In New York You Can Be A New Man
“In New York, you can be a new man,” claims Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton, as written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
It’s Teatime Somewhere
I love tea… green, black, oolong, rooibos, herbal, and iced. I love tea ceremonies, tea cups, tea pots, tea hats,
Thailand With Friends; Scary, Breathtaking & Hilarious
In 2008, I unexpectedly found myself going to Thailand. A friend had purchased a week’s rental of a grand mansion
Motherhood.
As a little girl, I played with dolls, then Barbies, then babysat my real life brothers and sisters. Eventually I
New Orleans; Blues, Brews, Beads, & Boogie
The first weekend in May means New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival time for me…in fact, this year was my
Meeting a Family Member You Never Knew About
Several months ago, Scott found out that he had an older half sister that he was unaware of. She contacted