Rockin’ RVing & Music Festival Camping
I recently wrote about the Death of the Away Message. Communications are so pervasive, so ubiquitous, so tethering, that we never really can disconnect – if that’s what we seek. Someone replied with a gentle suggestion regarding my vacation: “Unplug a little if you can.”
Continue reading “Radical Vacation Equations for Home Office Time Management”
After two weeks in an RV, I’m ready for a staycation closer to the home office.
Yet if the soft market has let slip any hopes of exotic travel this summer, don’t cave to “vacation envy.” Get creative and plan a “stay-cation” of your own.
Urban dictionary defines stay-cation as “A vacation that is spent at one’s home enjoying all that home and one’s home environs have to offer.” Don’t blow your stay-cation catching up on chores, straightening up the garage, fixing the roof or painting the house. Make sure that you limit the time you spend on email.
The well-planned stay-cation, or stay-at-home vacation, can help de-stress and re-energize the soul, notes FAT Bastard Wines. Here’re nine tips for planning a killer stay-cation… Continue reading “Post Home Office Highway Getaway: A New Definition of Stay-cation”
We made a promise before we left on Home Office Highway: No Cracker Barrel, and no Hampton Inn.
Nothing against these two fine brands. When we’re traveling in the family minivan, they’re each an oasis on the Interstate. But with our home along for the ride, hotels were unnecessary, and meals were in the fridge.
Besides, what we cook on board is healthier than the high-fat fare typically had on the road.
Our final tally: Nine meals were purchased from restaurants along the way, including one final bite at a Panera Bread in Orlando as I presented at the Disney Entrepreneur Center. Continue reading “Home Office Highways, Byways and Hole-in-the-Wall Restaurants…”