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What is Facebook Live?
Have you ever wondered why you occasionally see people talking at you LIVE directly on Facebook? Me too. I have never participated in one, but I plan to tonight night at 6:00pm PST.
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Let’s Talk Technology
Technology is like aging, you can try to out run it, but sooner or later you have to embrace it. Are we slaves to technology? Yes, I think many of us are and some of us won’t admit it either. I have a handful of friends who do not have Facebook accounts and don’t engage …
Adventures in Seattle: The city that kidnapped our daughter
In 2006 our lovely daughter and oldest child, left for college 1,000 miles away to the home of The Space Needle, Amazon, Grey’s Anatomy, and the world famous Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington. A spectacular view of Downtown Seattle from Alki Beach That conniving city kidnapped her, kept her superbly happy and did not encourage her to return home. Alex spent four …
Hello Empty Nesters from the “Coast” of Illinois
A new “hello” post from Guest Adventurer, Laura, who is a land-locked beach bum who works days as a nurse and shares her land-locked life with her husband who is in law enforcement, which just scratches the surface of their sit-com similarities. They have two children who are recent college grads and a cat …
Milk & Honey: A neighborhood adventure
Another Guest Adventurer post from Christina! She finds the most fun and delicious places to visit! Christina can do the detective work for us! I can’t wait to go to this delightful cafe! Have you been? Adventures in your own backyard Sometimes the best adventures can be found in your own backyard. Such is the case with …
Free financial advice from an Empty Nester Dad
While talking with longtime friends over dinner last week, Deets, husband and father of two daughters who have left the nest, gave some thought to what “adventures” he wanted to share with all of you. Part of enjoying the life of an Empty Nester is figuring out just how to pay for the second half of our …
What’s up for the weekend? How about a trip to the farmers market?
Do you ever visit your local farmers market? When you travel do you search out the local cuisine and where the ingredients come from? When you go to the farmers market you have the opportunity to purchase fruit at its juiciest and it is not shipped long distances from who knows where! I have been …
5 Surprising Things I Have Learned From Creating This Blog
Happy Anniversary to Adventures of Empty Nesters! Our baby is just three months old! These past 3 months have whizzed by and I have learned a few interesting things along the way. Here are 5 surprising things I have learned from creating this blog! 1. Not everyone is sad… Empty Nesters may at …
Throwback Thursday (Tomorrow) – Our first date 3/13/77
In honor of Throwback Thursday – we are celebrating our first date on 3/13, which is tomorrow! We are leaving for Maui on Thursday morning and I will not have time to post in the morning for Throwback Thursday, so I am doing it today! When we planned this trip we were fairly intentional planning …
A Girls Weekend in Seattle
A girls weekend in Seattle! I am leaving for Seattle today through Monday with my super fun sister-in-law Leslie and my delightful 16 year-old niece Delaney. We will be enjoying all of the amazing tourist activities Seattle offers and as a bonus we will be visiting my grown up daughter Alex, who lives there. Delaney has never …
