The Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY, Part 1

Finally! I’d been wanting to visit this Village again ever since I visited when I was 14 years old. What a wonderful, wonderful place. Step back in time, literally. If it wasn’t for your wristwatch and cellphone, you’d think you were back in 1807.

Cure the Summer Travel Blues with a Branson Break!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Hiltons of Branson for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Oh dear, the cost of gas just goes up and up. It’s been a struggle to do any summer traveling this year, because everything is so far away. There might be a museum 100 [...]

Lorenzo Historic Site, Cazenovia, NY

This historic site, built in 1807, is open for guided tours. It showcases the lifestyle of a typically wealthy Dutch patroon of Upstate New York. The tour of the home was terrific (except that we couldn’t photograph anything). The beautiful gardens were open for our exploration. Cazenovia Lake sits languidly across the field. Beautiful!

$1000 For Eyeglasses?!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Zenni Optical for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Ouch. And I thought that *I* paid a lot of money. In a recent Time magazine issue (July 4, 2011), editor Bill Saporito mentioned that he paid a slick $1,000 for his pair of eyeglasses. [...]

Hill Cumorah, Palmyra, NY

We traversed to the historic Hill Cumorah site after seeing the Joseph Smith historic site outside the town of Palmyra. Even though there were a few cars parked outside the visitor’s center, the place was rather creepy. The wind was incredibly torrential that day, and the air biting cold. There was no human activity at [...]

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