Union Street B&B Brooklyn

... Seasonings (with its sinus-clearing mint room), the Jelly Belly Factory (vying for 3rd ring of Hell), and Round Pond’s Napa Olive Oil operation (where we learned the meaning of a 3-cough olive oil). Since we were in Napa, we of course sampled wines. Some were great (Quintessa is a must for any oenophile) others were little better than Franzia. That one day was nearly the whole story of our alcohol intake, as we rarely drink together (we drank only 6 times the ...

... to me to be almost too perfect when the moon is full. Get it together, people. You'll get all pruny if you aren't careful. Things I need to do before departure: a. wipe off my computer screen b. shower c. sleep?! d. wake caroline from a blissful slumber and loving embrace. e. get over the fear associated with seeing HER. Also of note, I sat down to make a playlist to put on my iPod for the 30-something hours of driving ahead of me, but drew a ...

... of Andrew Carnegie's mansions. Carved wood, gigantically wide hallways, a mildly interesting show of painted interiors, mostly 18th century, but who cares when you can view the interior of a mansion on Fifth Avenue? Across the street were--I swear to you--little girls emerging from Sacred Heart School, dressed in gray jumpers and RED GINGHAM PINAFORES. I couldn't believe my eyes. I tried to imagine getting a Berkeley ...

... alone with their thoughts... There is something spiritual about it. On Saturday morning I joined Emily for a yoga class in Park Slope. Its my third try in 10 years at this... I was SO excited, yet equally nervous- what the hell is 'a half lotus' and a 'warrior 3 pose' anyway? If found it pretty tough to keep up with in the beginning, it was a bit more advanced than I probably should have attended and the instructor was going so fast with her commands!! She ...

... in we were informed that they were overbooked for the 1 bedrooms -which had me scared for a second. But the good news was that we were getting a free upgrade to the 2 bedroom! It was perfect. Joey and Ryan had twin beds, we had a queen, and Alex had the sofa bed in the living room, where there was a great view of Times Square. We headed next door to Bella Napoli, which had been voted best pizza slice in midtown. When we walked in to get slices ...

... kitchen on each level. After our long day, it was 2 minute noodles for dinner, then bed. Just before bed, I read a sign in our room that listed rules and reminders. One such reminder was: train noise may bother some guests - ear plugs are available at the front desk for 25 cents. Just as I was reading this, a freight train rolled and whistled past and it sounded as though the tracks were right by our window. This will be very interesting.

Our flight from Fiji took us to LA and as we crossed the date line we arrived before we had left Fiji!! After a 4 hour wait in which we managed to find the right terminal for our next flight, check in and then play lots of cards we got on our second flight to Phoenix. After finding the right boarding gate adn reading the message that was saying our flight was on time I was just ...

... what I wanted to bring. Mike was up by now and was just watching TV in the living room and my mom was still finishing up her packing, so I turned on the air-conditioner in my room and Ali helped me pack. I have a tradition of always watching my Boy Meets World DVDs when I pack, but High School Musical was on the Disney Channel so I turned it on since I knew it would keep Alison busy. And I love it. Just don't tell ...

... down to Orlando with us... how many dogs can say they've been to Disney World three times?! When we first got Oreo my mom didn't want to go on vacation anymore since we weren't sure how taking her would work and we didn't want to leave her home. It was a big pain, but it's all thanks to Oreo that our trips these past few years have been so amazing. Without her we would have flown down to Florida for a week and then came home ...

We were in New York, I still cannot believe it. The whole time we were there I had to keep repeating to myself ,your are in NY,. It is great city to visit. The best thing is probably that there is so many different people and every one is doing their own thing. So you never feel out of place or strange in the big city, you know that ...