Category: ThrowbackThursday

Happy Wedding Anniversary to my other half! I can’t believe it’s been so many years since that life-changing day! This is one of my favorite photos. We didn’t have a big wedding for several reasons, but we did spring for this amazing Hooper Carriage Rolls Royce. The building in the back is in a public park near where we had our wedding reception. It was a lovely day, and again, I can’t believe it’s so long ago!

A couple of weeks ago, I shared some video of our arrival in Venice. Once we were settled, we walked around the city, and then visited the Doge Palace and the Correr Museum, where we learned more about Venice’s history. The artwork in the various buildings was amazing, and it was fascinating to learn that the Doge (a local variation of the Italian word for Duke) had little power and was basically a prisoner in his own palace. He was truly just a figurehead as the decisions were made by a Senate-like collection of nobles, although citizens could vote and participate in what we might call a town hall. Today I’m sharing photos of some of the amazing rooms and artwork in the palace and the palace museum.

I had a fabulous time at Book Lovers Con. It was great to see so many of you and spend time together. The events and signings were so much fun, mostly because it was great to hang out with longtime friends and new ones! I met many new authors and readers, and I hope that we’ll stay in touch and get to know each other better in the future. Here are some photos from the events!

As I mentioned, hubby and I had been saving up to visit Italy, and we finally had the time to do it a few weeks ago. We hit several cities, and today I’m sharing some videos and photos from Venice, the most unusual of the cities. Why? Water, water, everywhere. Venice was built on a series of lagoons as a protective measure against attacks, and the main way to get around was by water. When we arrived at the train station, we met our water taxi, and wow. What an experience. The boat was bobbing around, and it was an adventure to get on! The taxi whisked us off to St. Mark’s Square since high tides kept it from delivering us directly to the hotel, although on the way home, the taxi docked right at our place! Today I’m sharing photos from that first arrival and our gondola ride that day! Yes, we had to do it, and it was an experience. Because of the high tides, the gondolier had me regularly move to the front of the boat to help lower it so we could get under several bridges. Human ballast. As you can see, water, water, everywhere. P.S. There’s lots of water on the Jersey Shore and the first book in the At the Shore series, ONE SUMMER NIGHT, is specially priced at 99 cents. Grab your copy today at https://amzn.to/44MDTp1.

Happy National Sibling Day! This is a throwback photo of my family when we did a day trip to a nice park out on Long Island. I’m with my dad to the left, my sister is with my mom to the right, and my older brother is hamming it up in the middle of the photo! I remember that we had a lovely time that day. What about you? Do you have any siblings? Do you want to share something about them? P.S. If you love sibling stories, check out CLIFFSIDE KIDNAPPING which features the Sophie and Robbie, the tech genius siblings from the South Beach Security books. CLIFFSIDE KIDNAPPING comes out July 1. Pre-order your copy today at https://amzn.to/4iV4R1G.