It’s Tuesday night as I write this, (again, another timeout from the China trip blog) and Steve (DOS) and I are staying at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point this week. This is our first time staying at this resort in…
Beach weekend and 90th birthday party!
We spent Saturday night with some friends we had met on the Celebrity South America re-positioning cruise back in 2015 at their beach home in Flagler Beach. Our friends Linda and John are from Ohio, but bought the property a…
Welcome to Montevideo!
After the overnight flight from Miami to Montevideo (MVD), we arrived at our hotel around 10:30am. We stayed at the Hyatt Centric, a new and trendy type hotel of the Hyatt brand, with this one in an ideal location along…
Staying in Daytona Beach Shores while my roof is replaced!
My roof was damaged last year during Hurricane Irma, and I’ve been patiently waiting nearly a year to get it replaced. While I didn’t have the extensive damage I had back in 2004 when it was last replaced, (thanks to…
Pre-Christmas Weekend at Jekyll Island 2017
This past weekend we had yet another wonderful stay at Jekyll Island. In what has become an annual tradition for the last few years, we stay for a 3 night weekend during the month of December, and get an early…
Wine touring around Santa Barbara in a Tesla!
We woke up early Saturday morning as expected due to the 3 hour time change from the East Coast. We got to our hotel, the Fess Parker Doubletree in Santa Barbara around 10pm last night, and as we got in…
Pre-Christmas weekend at Jekyll Island
I’m behind in writing the blog a bit and am doing so this week from Maysville, Kentucky where I’m working on business. I’m going to recap the past weekend however, which was spent at beautiful and serene Jekyll Island. We…
Halloween weekend at Jekyll Island
We spend the weekend at Jekyll Island, and as always had a wonderful time. I’ve blogged about Jekyll Island before, and have a gallery on the home page of some of our previous trips. To us, Jekyll Island is one…
Blast from the past – the Westin and Coco Palms Kauai revisted!
This morning we were scheduled to take a 10am helicopter tour over Kauai. We left our hotel, the Grand Hyatt Poipu, at 8:30am to meet our arranged pre-board/checkin time of 9:15am. As it turned out, traffic was light and we…
Exploring the Grand Hyatt Kauai
We’re staying at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Poipu, which is a quiet area about half an hour’s drive from the Lihue Airport. This oceanfront resort is absolutely gorgeous, without being overly fancy or pretentious. The design is actually very…