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How To Table For One W Style

January 22, 2019 By Lisa Bain

A Coping With Grief Post A fellow W and I were chatting recently about how tough it can be to get used to doing things on our own. Alone. Things like dining out, going to movies, life activities in general, are all designed to be completed in pairs or groups. As someone who … [Read more...] about How To Table For One W Style

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Grief, Life After Loss, Solo Travel, Survivor, Table For One, Trauma, Widowhood

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

June 17, 2018 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post “Never stop wandering into wonder.” Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem After a six week break in Idaho, I was antsy to get back on the road. A short hop over to San Francisco for a few days was just what the travel … [Read more...] about I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Adventure Is Out There, Beach Blanket Babylon, California, Crissy's Field, Grief Recovery Project, Nob Hill, San Francisco, SF Jazz Festival, Solo Travel, Suzy Kassem, Travel, Wandering Widow

The Wandering Widow Finds a Family

June 6, 2018 By Lisa Bain

  I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family. Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty A Wondering Widow Post Those of you who have been following along for a while know … [Read more...] about The Wandering Widow Finds a Family

Filed Under: Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Coping, Couch Surfing, Family, Grief Recovery Project, Long-term travel, Roommates, Solo Travel, Survivor, Travel, Wandering Widow, Widowhood

The Wandering Widow’s Top 10 European Cities

June 4, 2018 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post You know how parents aren't supposed to have a favorite kid? That's how I feel everytime someone asks me to rank the places I've visited. I've loved them all for different reasons, and most of them have ended up on my "come back and visit again" … [Read more...] about The Wandering Widow’s Top 10 European Cities

Filed Under: Grief Recovery Project, Travel Tagged With: Amstelveen, Austria, Belfast, Bucharest, Bucket List, Coping, Edinburgh, Holland, Ireland, Isle of Skye, Itlay, Killarney, Live Now, Long-term travel, Montserrat, Northern Ireland, Oban, Romania, Scotland, Solo Travel, Spain, Survivor, Travel, Tuscany, Vienna, Wandering Widow

A Fresh Look at Boise

May 14, 2018 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post “We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.” Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon A few months ago, when I was … [Read more...] about A Fresh Look at Boise

Filed Under: Grief Recovery Project, Travel Tagged With: BODO, Boise, Boise Art Museum, Boise Basque Block, Boise River Greenbelt, Homecoming, Idaho State Capitol, Inn at 500 Capitol, Long-term travel, Richard's Boise, Solo Travel, Travel, Walkability, Wandering Widow

The Wandering Widow’s Top Travel Bloopers Revealed

May 9, 2018 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” Charles Dickens Wow. I wasn't sure I'd have enough of these for a full post but had to put some effort into narrowing them down to my Top 5. It is me, after all, … [Read more...] about The Wandering Widow’s Top Travel Bloopers Revealed

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Bloopers, Long-term travel, Solo Travel, Travel, Wandering Widow

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