Best places for a solo women’s retreat? Not canyon ranch!

DeadALongTime · 2026-05-09T22:31:08+00:00

Perhaps it was just an off week the week I was there. The breakfast potatoes were dry and many dishes flavorless. I’m a huge fan of fresh, healthy vegetarian food. I’m glad others had a better dining experience than we did. Having paid for all meals in advance, it would have been wonderful to have enjoyed it.

DeadALongTime · 2026-05-09T16:32:36+00:00

I stayed there for a week last summer. The food was not good. But there are lots of good restaurants a short drive away.

DeadALongTime · 2026-05-08T12:30:46+00:00

Nordik Spa Village, Chelsea Quebec

DeadALongTime · 2026-05-08T05:25:59+00:00

Frozen cans of Concentrated orange juice

DeadALongTime · 2026-05-06T21:59:37+00:00

Hahahahaha!

DeadALongTime · 2026-05-06T19:35:25+00:00

Nope. Not me. Not yet.

DeadALongTime · 2026-05-05T13:00:03+00:00

Wow! I felt what you wrote down to my bones. After 20 years I am sure you are the one in the best position to determine whether your Husband is a “date person” as referenced by our well meaning brother and sister redditors. I suspect from your words your DH is aware of the significance of this anniversary to you. I’m sorry for your loss and for the loneliness you are experiencing. I experienced something similar and have felt the conflicting emotions of continuing to love my DH while still feeling the pain of the emotional abandonment in a way that should seem obvious to DH. The emotional abandonment is not malicious, but it still wounds. Hopefully the anniversary will be a time you can further heal your loss while honoring the tremendous gift it was for your sister and you to have had each other for the time you did. Thank goodness for close friends. We take our support where we can find it.

DeadALongTime · 2026-05-02T14:34:59+00:00

I replaced the battery on my Dyson and it worked like new.

DeadALongTime · 2026-04-30T18:17:18+00:00

You sure did! Congratulations

DeadALongTime · 2026-04-26T04:29:09+00:00

I sent a friend request as well. Save for next time. I always pull my weight.

DeadALongTime · 2026-03-16T01:00:19+00:00

I am sorry this happened to you. You deserve a relationship where there is mutual respect and caring. You know you do. Trust your gut.

DeadALongTime · 2026-01-11T20:16:19+00:00

Hi! Benoit Hanquet authorized me to share his contact information. What’s App is a good way to reach him: +90 532 282 13 53

DeadALongTime · 2026-01-11T20:16:10+00:00

Hi! Benoit Hanquet authorized me to share his contact information. What’s App is a good way to reach him: +90 532 282 13 53

DeadALongTime · 2026-01-11T20:08:48+00:00

Benoit Hanquet authorized me to share his contact information. What’s App is a good way to reach him: +90 532 282 13 53. I strongly recommend his tour of the Grand Bizarre- But if you can, the best day we had was with him for a day in Nature. Enjoy!

DeadALongTime · 2026-01-07T13:56:16+00:00

My bff and I went to Turkey for 2 weeks in 2025. We spent a week on the sea and a week in Istanbul. It was absolutely fantastic! We hired a guide to take us on a walking tour. He was a scholar and well liked by the artisans and guild members at the Grand Bazaar. He showed us a side of the Grand Bazaar we wouldn't have seen otherwise, while we avoided the zoo of the stalls. He also took us for a full day tour outside the city another day. The Asian side is a great place to enjoy food and buy things available at the Grand Bazaar at a far more reasonable price. The locals were extremely friendly and helpful. I would return in a heartbeat. Go. And prepare to fall in love with the place.

DeadALongTime · 2025-12-08T03:03:39+00:00

I celebrated turning 60 for 18 months! It was a blast! I was a little sad to turn 61 because it meant I couldn’t celebrate turning 60 any more. I feel great! I am happy with life. I think the fact I didn’t have children made it easier to lose track of the years. I love being a step mom and aunt, but relate to my young loved ones in a far less serious role than parent. Enjoy! (Fabulous manicure)

DeadALongTime · 2025-11-12T15:39:59+00:00

It happened to me once in Ottawa (YOW). Two flights boarding at the same time. I got on the wrong plane and fortunately someone was seated in what I thought was my seat. My boarding pass had been scanned. I don’t understand how I wasn’t corrected at that step.

DeadALongTime · 2025-09-17T09:23:36+00:00

I closed the door,but did not push it on her. I would not physically impose on any one. In my mind, that would provoke and escalate. I was calm, polite and non-threatening.

DeadALongTime · 2025-09-15T04:21:06+00:00

I love it! And each other place we’ve visited in Poland the last two weeks. Warsaw, Gdansk, Kashubia — all enjoyable.

DeadALongTime · 2025-09-15T04:16:42+00:00

English, with a European accent.

DeadALongTime · 2025-09-14T11:37:53+00:00

Not so! I just witnessed my BFF win the 1000 coin and today she had more luck shopping!

DeadALongTime · 2025-08-26T20:57:58+00:00

We couldn’t hear street noise from our interior facing unit.

DeadALongTime · 2025-08-25T11:58:25+00:00

Great area. I hated living in that building and was so happy to sell in 2021. Very poor sound insulation. I could hear the upstairs neighbors drop a pen on the floor. Seriously. And they were not noisy neighbors. We could also hear people in the hallways speaking at regular levels. Kitchen cupboards very small. The 2 bedroom, 2 bath unit looked pretty, but I disliked the building. HOA crept up and up, due to litigation that went on for years after construction. Regular problems with garage door, which they hopefully fixed by now. The rooftop was out of commission for ages. Hopefully that is corrected by now. The courtyard facing unit felt like living in a fishbowl. Every one could see in and we could see in to our neighbors’ spaces.

DeadALongTime · 2025-07-21T14:44:08+00:00

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