byLeslie Carbone
WalletHub earlier this month released its report on 2021’s Best Credit Card Rewards Programs, along with a consumer survey. The personal-finance site found that 28 percent of consumers’ views toward the programs changed during lockdown, as people started seeing more clearly a need for rewards tailored to their current spending. But that requires a strategy….
byLeslie Carbone
Wow, what a year! Life under lockdown has meant so many changes and challenges. I’m sure you’re as ready as I am to move forward. One story that caught my eye recently was the one saying that Americans have gained 20 pounds over the last year. Yikes. It’s not the first, and I’m pretty sure…
byLeslie Carbone
I have to hand it to the people at Thrive. When their annual conference earlier this year couldn’t happen in person due to lockdown, they brought it online and made it complementary. And last Saturday, they sponsored a pay-what-you-want Virtual Retreat for bloggers. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. Not surprisingly, given…
byLeslie Carbone
The Winery at La Grange in Haymarket, Virginia, features 5.6 acres of vineyards and a three-storey, red-brick, 18th-century manor house with a small garden blooming with pink hydrangeas. With our commonwealth inching toward reopening, a friend and I decided to head out to Prince William County and enjoy the bucolic setting. We decided on the…
byLeslie Carbone
Northern Virginia began reopening under Phase One last Friday, and two friends and I made plans to meet for our first restaurant get-together in three months. We settled on Carlyle, an American mainstay located in the Village at Shirlington, an open-air neighborhood retail area featuring boutique shops and midscale restaurants, in the Washington, D.C., suburb…
byLeslie Carbone
Do you ever feel so discouraged that you just want to sit in a chair and mope? Me too. Does it make you feel better? Me neither. Twenty years ago or so, the National Gallery of Art hosted a temporary exhibit featuring 72 of the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, most of them on loan…
byLeslie Carbone
It was a strange way to attend a blogging conference. But then, everything about this time is strange. I’ve enjoyed blogging conferences from New York to Scottsdale. But this was first that I’ve attended in my living room. The sixth annual Thrive conference for bloggers and influencers was originally scheduled for this month in Houston. …
byLeslie Carbone
“Go into the sunshine and be happy with what you see.” — Winston Churchill I want to thank Leeanne, my fellow beach-loving Bay Stater, from In the Olive Groves for nominating me for a Sunshine Blogger Award. The Award recognizes bloggers who bring positivity and creative content to the community of blogging. I want Sancerres…