Since writing about author Gretchen Rubin and her upcoming book The Happiness Project, I’ve been a now-and-again reader of her blog. A read of it today turned up a post about keeping a non-journal of one liners about happy times. Rubin writes: “Studies show that recalling happy times helps boost happiness in the present.” OK, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nashville’
Lining Up Happy
Posted in Listing America, State-by-State, tagged Acadia National Park, Alabama, Alaska, dog sled, Door County, Fairbanks, Gretchen Rubin, Gulf Shores, happiness, Herb Williams, Highway 127 Sale, hiking, Long Branch, Maine, Nashville, New Jersey, snowboarding, surfing, ultralight, Utah, Wisconsin on August 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I Want to Go, er, Live There
Posted in Listing America, State-by-State, tagged Alaska, bed and breakfast, Boston, California, Calistoga, Cameron, Colorado, Fairbanks, Graham, hotels, Logan, Massachusetts, Montana, Nashville, Ohio, resort, San Juan Mountains, Teasdale, Tennessee, Texas, Utah on July 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Flyover America has moved! Please join us at www.ReadFlyoverAmerica.com. With apologies to Tina Fey for, above, bastardizing her character’s now famous line, here, the hotels/B&Bs/other-places-with-beds-that-aren’t-our-homes that we would like to move into permanently. Jenna’s Picks Few hotels–if any–merge whimsy, history, and upscale delights like Boston’s Liberty Hotel, which is partially housed in a former jail. [...]
When Planning a Trip, Do Local Politics Matter?
Posted in State-by-State, tagged Nashville, politics on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, you didn’t imagine that loud (and long-lasting) yay coming from Nashville on Jan. 22. It was the sound of the city’s English-only? seriously? contingent celebrating after the ridiculous measure was defeated in a (costly) special election. While nothing could come between me and my Nashville (cause it’s a pretty damned fantastic city), it did [...]
