Girlfriend Getaways

A high-flying adventure in Georgia

How good are you at facing difficult situations? Putting “mind over matter” to do what needs to be done, no matter how challenging? I have an adventure that will certainly test — X-tremely test — your mental stamina.

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A B&B in Boston’s Italian North End
Jan. 29th — The North End is still a very cool area of Boston and, unlike NYC’s Little Italy, it remains the place where many of Italian heritage still choose to live. That’s its charm. Narrow streets, lots of little Italian restaurants, neighborhood folks coming and going, a neighborhood school.
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Looking for some stress relief? Try Charlotte Harbor, Fla.
Dec. 14th — My friends and I had enough of grumpy husbands, psycho cats, goofy dogs, piles of laundry, housecleaning, grocery shopping, and for two of us, kids - so Paula and Deborah (the two with kids) and me (the one with psycho kitties) decided to hit the road for a girlfriends' getaway with nothing more to worry about than just how deeply we would stick our toes into the white sands of the gulf beaches, how many frilly-umbrella-adorned rum cocktails we would sample, and how much seafood and desserts we could devour without sending our daily caloric intake into orbit.
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Break loose in Minneapolis
Oct. 4th — Do you need a reason to get away with your friends for a couple of days to Minneapolis? Here are a few!
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How to avoid a hotel nightmare
Does 'clean' enter into hotel ratings?
Aug. 17th — You’d like to think that any hotel at all that is rated with a star or diamond or any rating system has at least passed the basic “clean” test. But is that always the case? Not necessarily.
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Glad you’re not here
Jul. 13th — A year after she got married, Julie Harren of Orono, Minn., did something that raised a few eyebrows: She took a vacation without her husband, Lee. For those of you thinking, "And? ... So?" consider this: Harren wed in 1974 and taking a vacation with her two sisters to Acapulco was, she said, "not socially acceptable."
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Get a taste of Main Street, USA, in Grapevine
Dec. 28th — You can spend a lovely day browsing, shopping and visiting with friends if you make it a day trip from Dallas/Fort Worth to Grapevine, Texas. Just 10 minutes from the airport, Grapevine offers both quaint shopping along its main street or high-power outlet shopping at the edge of town.

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NYC rocks for day trip holiday shopping!
Nov. 19th — There’s still time — and great airfares — for you and your girlfriends to shop NYC! How fun would that be? Or make that shopping trip in January for after-Christmas bargains!
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Hiking, mule tours, condors and whitewater rafting at the Grand Canyon
Sep. 10th — Wherever we went at the Grand Canyon, we ran into folks from around the world, almost like you do at Disney World. We truly have an outstanding natural wonder that everyone seems to enjoy.
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Try a turn-key NYC girlfriends getaway
Aug. 7th — Let's face it, New York is a big city. It takes a lot of Internet surfing to find a decent hotel. To book your flight. To get show tickets, an airport shuttle or whatever else you want to include in your getaway. Have you ever considered letting the getaway planning pros put your getaway package together for you? Saves you a ton of time, a lot of headaches and money, too.<
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Sedona’s sensual, metaphysical, spiritual experiences
Jul. 11th — Sedona really is quite the place. Its natural beauty is legendary. The unique red rock formations bring a 320-million-year geologic history to Sedona. And those rocks are the basis for much of the mystical aura that surrounds the area.
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