When you’ve spent Christmas in New York, you return home sad that it’s over.  It’s like that fabulous Wham song “Last Christmas” I gave you my heart … and now I feel like you’ve broken up with me. Forgotten about me already. Moved on. I now face a Summer ahead of record-breaking temperatures in the high 30’s, when Christmas was a blissful -9. I think it shows a certain level of bravery to choose New York City for Christmas. Bravery or “sadomasochism,” according to the Favouri

The Pinnacles, also known as the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail, is located near Thames in the Coromandel. As a hike it had been on our “to do” list for years, but I’d always felt it was terribly daunting. Honestly, I should've tackled it back when my legs worked faster than my excuses and my idea of a workout was more than just lifting a wine glass. Maybe during that fleeting moment I called my "running era” but no, I was too excited to go back to my safe place, on the couch. So fas

Recently the Favourite Husband celebrated a birthday, and as a special gift "I" took us to Melbourne for a long weekend.   (See what I did there?) Now I’ve never been to Melbourne, but I only hear good things about it.  Plus everyone and their dog seem to have been so I was having serious FOMO.  The Favourite Husband had previously been.  42 years ago he arrived there with his belongings in a backpack and no plan.  Not much has changed. Weirdly (and a sad reflection on our na