Janet's Jaunts Blog

Meeting Jayme in Croatia: A coincidence?

Meeting Jayme Moye in Croatia in 2010,  was an extraordinary coincidence.  It was one of those experiences that makes you believe that everything does, indeed, happen for a reason. We were two...

Hometown roots ground world explorer

Although an Ohio flatlander by birth,  Jayme Moye has summitted peaks from Colorado to Haiti and Tanzania. Whether snorkeling the fissure where tectonic plates meet near Iceland or summiting Kilimanjaro in Tanzania,...

A marriage proposal witnessed by all

I just returned from Baltimore where cherry blossoms are beginning to bloom just as they likely are in Washington, D.C. It was a weekend spent to celebrate my birthday and that of...

Spring break along Florida’s Panhandle

Spring break has begun in Northwest Florida and the local Sun newspaper carries listings of the colleges whose students are in town for the  snow white talcum soft beaches, free flowing beer...

Spa Night at Cabanas Restaurant

Spa night at Cabanas in Mentor was buzzing on Monday, filled mostly with tables of girlfriends there to have dinner and a spa treatment. Now in its second year, Spa Night, which...

Whats for dinner at Mooreland

The dinner theater experience planned for March by Rabbit Run Theater at Mooreland Mansion will have a different menu all three evenings and for the Sunday brunch matinee. They’re the work of...

Valentine Food column

For some reason my food column didn’t make the paper. So here it is: Don’t forget your Valentine server Area restaurants are preparing for Valentine’s Day tonight with specials to help couples...

Cruising with a butler

Papa, our butler aboard the Crystal Serenity, serves afternoon shrimp and champagne in our penthouse suite. It’s almost embarrassing to reveal how much I loved having a butler aboard our Crystal Serenity...

Blood sucking leeches in Istanbul

When I first saw the large pickle jar of leeches in the outdoor area of the Spice Market in Istanbul I was totally creeped out. They clung to the sides of the...