by Nancy Herkness | May 3, 2011 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
Jane Austen! Georgette Heyer! They started my love affair with the romance genre. So, of course, I love the city of Bath. It’s their territory. Darling Daughter told me I simply must take the tower tour of Bath Abbey. So I did and got this very picturesque...
by Nancy Herkness | Apr 25, 2011 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
The weather here in New Jersey has been so British (i.e., cold, gray, and rainy), I feel as though I’m still in England. Which may account for why it’s taken me so long to post a few of my photos from my fabulous trip to visit my Darling Daughter. First,...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 10, 2011 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
Yes, these are my feet in Paradise, a.k.a. Anguilla, British West Indies. I can understand if you hate me, but I currently have a tan. Yes, I just spent five blissful days in the sun, drinking pina coladas on the beach, swimming in turquoise blue water, and walking...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 13, 2010 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
My friend Betsy and I decided we were in a rut and needed to get out of town more often. So we promised each other we would go on one adventure every month. Our first was a trip to the Grounds for Sculpture near Trenton, NJ. We set out on the New Jersey Turnpike,...
by Nancy Herkness | Oct 12, 2009 | Family, travel, Uncategorized
My sister had a big birthday this year (I won’t reveal how big) and my gift to her was a trip to see Fallingwater, the famous house over a waterfall designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, something we both wanted to see. What an amazing place! That’s me...
by Nancy Herkness | Sep 2, 2009 | travel, Uncategorized
I didn’t get to do much shopping while houseboating. Oddly enough, marinas aren’t filled with interesting boutiques. However, I found this fun necklace and earring set which looked very much like some lovely flowers we saw on Cabbage Key (where Jimmy...