Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot

Travel. Food. Fun.

Anniversary Adventure at Holden Arboretum

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My husband, Shaun, and I recently celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary. We wanted to find something to do together that day, that would be memorable. We decided to go to the Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio to check out the canopy walk and emergent tower. Since I can't explain it any better than their website:  "The Holden Arboretum is an outdoor living museum on 3,600 acres that promotes the beauty and importance of trees and other woody plants. The grounds feature over 20 miles of … [Read more...]

Wendi’s Blog: A Summer Preview

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When I was growing up in Revere, Mass., I loved watching on a Friday night the previews of the new Saturday morning cartoons coming out in the summer. Probably my favorite cartoon was Hong Kong Phooey. In the spirit of those beginning-of-summer previews, allow me to give you a glimpse of things we are anticipating on Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot this summer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va_Rmpd3PZI Family stuff With our niece Ashley and her boys, DeAveon and Noah, spending a lot … [Read more...]

Let Me Give You a Preview of Cedar Point Shores Waterpark

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"It was a dark and stormy night." That is how the Peanuts character Snoopy would begin his stories in the comic strips I read as a kid. While it wasn't dark or even stormy when I joined Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy and the #330 Ambassadors of the LeBron James Family Foundation for the grand opening of Cedar Point Shores Waterpark, it was rainy, very rainy. However, that didn't stop me from enjoying being part of the exclusive event and getting a preview of the newly revamped waterpark. This … [Read more...]

LeBron Shines in Boston, His Ambassadors Shine at Cedar Point

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For the second year in a row, my husband, Bobby, and I were privileged to attend a VIP Charity event at Cedar Point. Last year it was for the opening of their new roller coaster, Valravn. (If you want to read about my experience, you can click here.) This year was the grand opening of Cedar Point Shores Waterpark. Cedar Point has revamped some of their waterpark features and created some pretty exciting new ones, including Point Plummet. The Point Plummet slide drops its riders "down a … [Read more...]

Historian Weaves Ghostly Tales on Civil War Tour

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When I told my husband, Bobby, that I wanted to visit my Aunt Kim and Uncle Jay in Greencastle, Pennsylvania for a weekend sometime this year, I hadn't expected him to suggest the upcoming weekend. But that is what he did. Due to the fact that I was working for the week, the travel plans were up to him. (He had taken a week of vacation.) I would have never thought of going on a ghost tour, so I am glad he planned things. It turned out that Mark Brugh's Sharpsburg Civil War Ghost Tour was a … [Read more...]