by Robin | Mar 19, 2011 | Beach, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, Personal, Travel
Thirteen is their lucky number. For 13 years the guy in the blue and the guy in the black have been roughing it on an annual golf outting, traipsing up and down a trail pioneered by some joker named Robert Trent Jones; the other two characters have tagged along most...
by Robin | Sep 23, 2010 | (in)courage, Beach, Blogging, friendship, Personal, Travel
All {in} the family, All {in} the family, I love this picture: (l-r, Annie, Holley, me & Jessica) Maybe we're all smiles because we're barefoot and relaxed, but mostly it captures a moment in time when our smiles could only...
by Robin | Aug 3, 2010 | Family, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal, Photos, Southern, y'all, Travel, When art imitates life
I love my hometown; though it was never as small, it’s Mayberry to me. A few weeks ago I went back to celebrate my niece’s first birthday. Since my parents aren’t living, it’s not a trip I make often enough. Walking though Five Points, I...
by Robin | Jul 30, 2010 | Biltmore trip, Favorite things, Southern, y'all, Travel
{Biltmore Estate, fourth in the series} One of my favorite movie scenes takes place in the 1984 movie Splash with Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah: his character, Allen Bauer, gives her character, Madison, a lusciously wrapped gift....
by Robin | Jul 8, 2010 | Art, Chicago, Favorite things, Marriage, Personal, Photos, Travel
Good gracious–PENSIEVE almost sounds like a travel blog these days! But school is out, my job is ending, and I'd be crazy not to take advantage of these wonderful opportunities! When we realized our two oldest were at camp the same week...
by Robin | Jun 29, 2010 | Biltmore trip, Photos, Southern, y'all, Travel
{Biltmore, Tapas-style: } If my word's not enough, seems e v e r y o n e has something good to say about Asheville, North Carolina ~ According to the Southern bible aka Southern Living, Asheville is "one of the South's coolest cities" AARP calls it a...