Elisa's Daily ScoopW2GW - 52 Places for 2015Good Day Folks!!  Here we are for W2GW (Where to Go Wednesday)! During a recent search on the internet, I found a terrific link from the NY Times Travel section, 52 Places to Go in 2015. I think you will completely love it! I'd love to hear your input about where you have been as well as, what places are on your wish list of WHERE TO GO. Out of the 52 Places on this list: A) I've been to: - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Orlando, Florida - Lower Manhattan - Cleveland, Ohio - New Orleans, Louisiana - The Catskills, New York - Miami Beach, Florida - Shanghai, China - Rome Italy - Taos, New Mexico (thought I haven't skied there) My travel calendar includes: - Yellowstone National Park - Alentejo, Portugal I've added to My Bucket List: There are three overall places that have been on my wish list for a long time - The Middle East, Africa and Asia. The Middle East, particularly Israel and Jordan, are destinations I know I will see within the next three years and I've just added Oman to that as well! As far as Africa is concerned - it is one of my dreams to go on an African Safari with my girls when they get a little older Now, while I have traveled throughout China, Vietnam is one place I've wanted to visit for more than 20 years. As per the NY Times link 52 Places to Go in 2015, I've just updated my Bucket List with 15 more dream destinations: 1- Cuba 2- Macedonia 3- Zimbabwe, Africa 4- Burgundy, France 5- Tanzania, Africa  Tanzania (courtesy www.tanzaniatouristguide.com) 6- North Coast of Peru 7- Oman 8- Georgia 9- Manchester, England 10- Bend, Oregon  Oman (courtesy new horizons.com.au) 11- San Antonio, Texas 12- Quebec City, Canada 13- Ile-de-France 14- Danang, Vietnam 15- Caceres, Spain  Danang, Vietnam (courtesy Danang Intercontinental) Where to Go Locally... Although I love talking about where to go around the world, it wouldn't be fair if I didn't mention a totally fun local happening this week, right here in New York City. This Friday, March 20th is not only the first day of Spring 2015 - it is also Macaron Day and the sixth annual "Macaron Day Crawl NYC!" Macaron Day NYC is inspired by and coincides annually with Jour du Macaron in Paris, created by La Maison Pierre Hermé Paris in association with the Relais Desserts Association. Fourteen "Sweet" Venues will be participating and I will be hitting the streets with my girls and enjoying the tasty samplings from a number of these bakeries. If you are in the area - do the crawl!! Bisous Ciao Bouchon Bakery Chantilly Patisserie Eclair Bakery Épicerie Boulud FP Patisserie Francois Payard Bakery Macaron Café Macaron Parlour Mad-Mac, Whoops! Spot Dessert Bar The Todd English Food Hall Mille Feuille Bakery and Café Sugar & Plumm CLICK HERE for the addresses to the above vendors. So, here we are mid-week - how's your week going. Mine is going well. Tanya and I spoke yesterday in order to finalize a few of the details of our Cousins Niagara Falls and Toronto trip this summer. As of yesterday, our accommodations are all finalized for this trip!!! We still have a great deal to do for our Cousins Milestone Birthday Eastern European trip. But, Tanya and I decided since we will have a full week together in a few weeks in Yellowstone, we will spend the evenings working out the details since we will be sharing a condo together. Forward our Daily Scoop... Just a reminder, if you enjoy our Daily Scoop, please forward via the email link on your Travelin' Cousins email to your friends and family - we'd love to have more followers! That's all folks!! -E xoxo  | Tanya's Daily ScoopAnother Packing DayWell Helloooo there HUMPDAY! How's everyone's week been so far? I was lucky enough last night to get the night off of my cooking duties as Dave C took over the kitchen as chef for the night! Making us a vegan Irish Stew, and a vegan Corned Beef and Cabbage. It was all YUMMERS!
Actually he has been taking over on St Patrick's Day for a few years now, and I usually just make an Irish Soda Bread. Well, last night I didn't even do that! Dominic opted to take the night off of his usual classes - due to the BIG HOLIDAY! lol And instead I took him and Cosette to the Rock Climbing Gym!  But yet again I couldn't climb because of my LONG nails. So I think I'm gonna go get them cut down tonight so that I can join in on the fun of monkeying around! Earlier in the day, I took Cosette to her horseback riding lesson where she almost got tossed off! Lucky she knew exactly how to handle the situation and stayed on for the exciting ride! Her trainer was so proud of her!  Patrick - letting off some steam! lol Today is packing day! Hoorah Hoorah! Now to focus on W2GW (Where to go Wednesday)... I just love the fun interactive article that Elisa found in the New York Times Travel Section '52 Places to go in 2015' I also luv her format of sharing her information with you about those "places to go"! So I'm gonna do the same!! Out of the 52 Places on this list: I've been to: - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Yellowstone National Park - Orlando, Florida - Lower Manhattan - Cleveland, Ohio - New Orleans, Louisiana - The Catskills, New York - Miami Beach, Florida - Squamish, Canada - San Antonio, Texas - Quebec City, Canada - Canton Valais, Switzerland - Rome, Italy - Taos, New Mexico (thought I haven't skied there either) My travel calendar includes: - Bend, Oregon - Yellowstone National Park - Quebec City, Canada - St Kitts And that's all within the next year, long with plenty more! As you know, tomorrow is my BIG birthday, and since I'm turning 40, I decided to do 40 cities/destinations for turning 40 -- obviously I'm going to be visiting more than 40 cities this year! But perhaps by the end of the year I can list my top 40 cities out of all the ones visited! So far I'm up to 7 destination cities: Lake Tahoe, CA Park City, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Montreal, Canada Mont-Tremblant, Canada Quebec City, Canada Vail, Colorado And I can't wait to fill up the list!!! Time to get busy! See you guys back here tomorrow! -T  |
