Travel | Beth Byrnes

Start spreading the views – Part Two

Posted on January 7, 2019 8 Comments

I thought I would get back to this set much earlier, but honestly the last few months have been frantic. Just being away during the summer for two weeks made everything else late and I was squeezed for time. I apologize! Where were we? Ah, at Breads, snagging pastries and sandwiches to go on what […]

Start spreading the views – Part One

Posted on October 12, 2018 12 Comments

Well, from one glorious city to another. Here we are in my hometown, New York City. I grew up in Manhattan on Sutton Place and my parents had a house at the Jersey Shore. So, this trip was a homecoming. I plan to cover this epic celebration in three parts. By the way, I didn’t […]

City gritty

Posted on July 31, 2018 6 Comments

All summer long I have been thinking of all of you and meaning to add a new post. I hope you have all been well. One of the things that has prompted this post is the fact that our best friends in the neighborhood, who arrived on our street when we did years back, are […]

Bank shots

Posted on March 30, 2018 15 Comments

My niece is marrying a billionaire. Well, I should say, a billionaire’s son. Now, mind you, I have hobnobbed with my share of the international cognoscenti from time to time and Geoffrey’s family are well known and affluent, but this is warp-speed level in another universe. Her mother, my sister-in-law Vanessa, groomed this kid for exactly […]

Sandy ego

Posted on May 12, 2017 14 Comments

I’m back! My only excuse is I have been busy (like all of you!). Down to San Diego, up to Valencia and all the chores involved with both houses, as well as the new car, is stretching every minute four or five times. But here I am with the latest updates. I have to admit the craziness […]