by Nancy Herkness | Dec 6, 2011 | holiday gift, Holiday gifts, holidays
Let’s face it: it’s really hard to buy presents for the male of the species unless your holiday shopping budget runs to big screen TVs or yachts or Porsches. Since most of us have to struggle with a slightly lower price limit, I have scoured my catalogs...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 1, 2011 | Holiday gifts, holidays, Uncategorized
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this is exactly how I felt: The good news is you can own this entertaining, if a little odd, wine bottle holder all for yourself. It’s only $38.00 and can be ordered...
by Nancy Herkness | Nov 20, 2011 | travel, Uncategorized
Handsome Husband and I had planned a romantic escape to a picturesque country inn in Stockton, NJ last week. The Woolverton Inn was built in Colonial times and is absolutely delightful as you can see in this photo: Our room was in this charming little cottage (the...
by Nancy Herkness | Aug 24, 2011 | Adventures, Galapagos, travel, Uncategorized
My friend Elsie calls me the Penguin Lady. I think penguins are cool, so you can imagine the thrill when I found out that we had a chance of seeing the very rare and endangered Galapagos penguin. It’s the smallest species of penguin in the world, as well as the...
by Nancy Herkness | Aug 17, 2011 | Adventures, Galapagos, travel, Uncategorized
I’ve had a request for a post on the Giant Tortoises of the Galapagos. Linda, this one’s for you! Galapagos actually means tortoises so these big fellows are responsible for the very name of the islands they live on. And they are indeed big, weighing in at...