Category Travel
Remember that Mrs. HomeFree is an official Marriott affiliate. If you do decide to travel this holiday season, you can click on any of the Marriott ads or hotel links found here and be taken directly to Marriott’s reservation page…. Continue Reading →
Remember that Mrs. HomeFree is an official Marriott affiliate. If you do decide to travel this holiday season, you can click on any of the Marriott ads or hotel links found here and be taken directly to Marriott’s reservation page…. Continue Reading →
On a soaking Sunday, when it seemed the rain would keep slashing down forever, we were hungry. We were so hungry that we even extended our Treat Day rule by an extra day. We wanted something warm and comforting and… Continue Reading →
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I don’t like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos at all. Their desire to go to space isn’t based on the old noble principles of a generation ago. It is just another excuse… Continue Reading →
While making small talk with someone new in Huntsville, Alabama, I asked about restaurant recommendations because I always ask about restaurant recommendations. My lovely new friend named a few places that were chain restaurants that we don’t have in my… Continue Reading →
“Would you like a mountain view room or a rocket view room?” “Well, it’s not every day that I get asked that, so I’m going to say, ‘rocket view,’ please.” That was roughly how my husband’s conversation with the booking… Continue Reading →
I am not a true history buff. I don’t watch documentaries about the past or have a particular era that I know so well I could win any trivia competition. I do, however, appreciate and agree with the sentiment that… Continue Reading →
My dear friend (and roommate) in college was an exchange student from Tokyo. Before she returned home, I asked her if there was a special meal she wanted before departing. Was there something that she knew she couldn’t get at… Continue Reading →
When I asked the gentleman on the phone about the meaning of the restaurant’s name, I got an explanation in heavily-accented, broken English that I didn’t completely understand. Here is what I do know. The second tallest waterfall in Venezuela… Continue Reading →
While my husband and I don’t have children, we strive to experience lots of different categories of travel. Sometimes our accommodations are luxurious (The Battle House in Mobile, AL). Sometimes it is a budget-friendly hotel like a Courtyard or a… Continue Reading →
Looking for something to do in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area that doesn’t involve their beautiful beaches? Need a family outing or a field trip for your scout troop? Stick with me, kid! I found it for you. The Pinellas County… Continue Reading →
When I was a teenager, our mall had a restaurant called Lisa Pizza. Since teenagers in the 80’s spent a lot of time in malls, being able to get a slice of pizza for a couple of bucks was very… Continue Reading →
We spent nearly a week in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area at a new hotel. The Karol Hotel isn’t just new to us. It is new in general. It opened in February 2020 just before the pandemic began to muck things… Continue Reading →
Previously, I reviewed our visit to the Edison/Ford Winter Estates in Ft. Myers to learn about two of America’s earliest “royal” families. These families were a big presence in south Florida and have left quite a mark on the area. … Continue Reading →
My husband and I have spoken with wonder before about geniuses throughout history knowing one another and together creating entire movements of thought or art that changed the world. For example, the painters of the Impressionist movement were all “nobodies”… Continue Reading →