Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot

Travel. Food. Fun.

Boy from Revere, Mass. Makes Good in Wooster, Ohio

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My husband, Bobby, often tells people he is from "severe Revere" [Massachusetts]. I'm not sure what he means by this, other than that must have been what he and his friends called it when he was growing up in the city just north of Boston. (Really, it's part of Boston like Euclid is part of Cleveland.) Bobby is the second child and first boy in his family. His father is from an anglo-saxon background and his mother is second generation Italian born in the USA. Bobby's parents separated when he … [Read more...]

Napcation: Combining the Best Elements of a Staycation and Napping

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Being the founder of a blog titled "Wendi's Weekend Trips and Whatnot" you would think that I keep busy going to new places all of the time. While this is mostly true, I also enjoy a good nap. (While some wives complain about football season, I see it as a chance to get a 2 hour nap on Sunday afternoons for 16+ weeks.) I will say that I never intentionally took a week off from work with the idea of napping, until this year. My husband, Bobby, and I have had a busy year and next year … [Read more...]

Digsby’s Keeps Tastes of When in Rome Restaurant Alive

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You know a restaurant is going to be good when as soon as you walk in you start to salivate -- or be reminded of a great restaurant you visited in the past. That was the case for my husband, Bobby, and me on Saturday, December 16, 2017. We had just come from a magic show Bobby performed in Barberton (yes, he is a real, live magician you can check out his website here). Bobby never eats before a show and, therefore, neither do I. By the time we were heading back to Wooster, we were pretty … [Read more...]

Finishing My Staycation Strong with Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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I am a child of the 70's, so I have been around since the beginning of Star Wars. From the first time I saw the words "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." I have watched Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C3PO grow older. Along the way they added friends and family members to their story, as did I. The one constant with them is the fight between good and evil. I probably like it so much because good triumphs over evil -- eventually. My dad, Bud, and I went to watch the latest … [Read more...]

Entering the Tiny World of Gulliver’s Gate in Times Square

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When I was a senior in high school I took a college prep English class. One of the assignments in the class was to write a term paper about any author. I chose Jonathan Swift. He wrote Gulliver's Travels. I don't know that I ever read the actual book, but I was fascinated by the idea of Lilliput, the country in Gulliver's Travels of the tiny people. I guess I'm not the only one, because while I was in New York City with my husband, Bobby, sister, Randi and brother-in-law, Shaun this summer, we … [Read more...]