Moving on from the last post of our morning Chilean wine tasting, Steve (DOS) and I had a phenomenal wine pairing lunch at Clos Apalta Winery. As part of our three day tour with Jose, owner of Uncorked Wine Tours,…
Spring Stay-cation at Hyatt Cypress Creek Orlando
We had a couple out of town family members attending a conference in Orlando, so Steve (DOS) and I used this as an excuse to see them and do a mini-staycation at one of our favorite hotels; the Hyatt Regency…
Happy New Year 2018 from Orlando!
Happy New Year from the beautiful Hyatt Cypress Creek Resort in Orlando! Like last year we stayed here for a 3 night ‘stay-cation’ and also had a wonderful time, despite the chilly weather this December and misty New Year’s Day.…
Party week in San Diego
It’s Thursday night as I write this, and am packing up and heading home to get some sleep before taking my early 6:20am flight in the morning to Phoenix and connecting to Orlando at 8:55am. I’ve been in San Diego…
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…
5 Star Lunch and tasting at VIK Winery
This afternoon was the conclusion of our three day private Chilean Wine tour we took with Uncorked Wine Tours. As I wrote in the last few posts, Jose has been a wonderful host as he’s taken us to several of…
Saturday stay-cation in Orlando
After a busy week of work at home, DOS and I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando on Saturday night, literally adjacent and overlooking Walt DisneyWorld. We’ve stayed here several times for mini stay-cations, (last staying here…