(I realize this title could taken a couple ways. It’s not that we’re easy girls, it’s about how easy my last girl’s weekend was to plan and execute.) I recently had my 3rd Girl’s Weekend at my condo in the Sanctuary in Key Largo with my sisters Kelley and Elise and our childhood friend ChrissyContinue reading “Easy Girl’s Weekend”
Category Archives: Personal Essay
Endless Summer
Summer may be endless in Miami, but Miami Spice is not. There are three weeks left to get your Spice on and despite my best intentions (paving the way to hell) I’ve only been to ONE Miami Spice. That was Beauty & the Butcher in South Miami at the very beginning of August with friends.Continue reading “Endless Summer”
Confessions of a Travelholic
My name is Gina Guilford and I have a problem. I must confess, I’m a Travelholic. I realize this is a problem most likely born of the loneliness of my two grandsons moving out of Miami. In order to fill the void of an empty house, I have fled. Over and often. Of course, it’sContinue reading “Confessions of a Travelholic”
No New Year’s Day
Well, it happened. The day I long dreaded, the day that A.J. and her family left to move to Saint Augustine, finally came two weeks ago. The day before they left, I watched Phoenix. A.J. came over and we walked Cosmo- Elise’s Frenchie- down the trail on 76 Street because he hadn’t wanted to goContinue reading “No New Year’s Day”
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Bucket List Trip
So, freshly back from a trip of a lifetime to the Kentucky Derby! I didn’t want to mention it before, lest I jinx it. It all started at Elise’s Birthday Dinner at Kelley’s where someone mentioned the Kentucky Derby and my Mom said it was on her Bucket List and we all agreed. Kelley saidContinue reading “Bucket List Trip”
Ways to be Happy, Part One
I’ve always gobbled up articles on ways to be happy and so I read, with interest, an article in the Sunday Miami Herald– Try One of These Suggestions to make you SMILE. I made a note of the ones I thought I could easily accomplish- drink peppermint tea, go outside, color in a coloring book,Continue reading “Ways to be Happy, Part One”
Life is (bitter) Sweet
I need to do a corrections corner! The Last Chance Saloon is NOT CLOSING. I repeat: the Last Chance Saloon (right before you get on the aqua highway to the Keys) is NOT CLOSING. Zeke went there to get a drink last weekend and found this out the hard way. He told the server heContinue reading “Life is (bitter) Sweet”
Home Sweet Home, Miami
Whew! Easter is over and hopefully, all traveling is over for me for a while. This is kind of sacrilegious for me to utter, but between all the places I visited in March and April, I’m exhausted. We went to San Francisco for Lauren’s birthday in March; I’d barely come home when it was timeContinue reading “Home Sweet Home, Miami”
Survey Says…
I don’t know what’s been going on lately, but I feel there’s a cosmic shift in the universe. Things have been changing and developing at lightening speed. When I saw the Astro Twins headline “Why are so many changes happening?” it was confirmed for me, in a planet sense. Apparently Saturn has entered Pisces, disturbingContinue reading “Survey Says…”