2. Find a quiet bed and breakfast or old restored inn in a quiet neighbourhood with lots of green space and plenty of character homes.3. It's preferable if your B&B host is named James and he's one of the most pleasant individuals you've ever met.
4. It's even more preferable if James remembers you from the last visit and he prepares tea for your breakfast before you even ask. He might even throw a little coconut in your french toast because he remembers that you liked it last time he made it that way.
5. Avoid the temptation to turn on the TV. In some B&Bs they might help with that by not even providing TVs.
6. Wander. All over the place. Wander with a heavy dose of "wonder". Up and down quaint streets with interesting shops, through parks with flowering bushes, through art galleries and book stores, and down back alleys with brick walls lined with ivy.
7. If it's summer time, and your B&B has a luscious romantic garden, enjoy it. Soak in the scent of lilacs.
8. Take pictures of leaves. Let the colours work magic in your heart.
8. Read good books - preferably the kinds of books that will cause a shift somewhere deep inside you.
9. Write. Poems, journal entries, blog posts. Just write. Anything.10. Eat good, wholesome food. Sushi, Thai... whatever your heart desires. Find a local hole-in-the wall with lots of character and cooks and servers that will delight in pleasing you.
11. Do lots of people-watching - on the subway, in the market, at the art galleries. Enjoy the beauty and diversity of the people you encounter.
12. Find water. Rivers, lakes, streams, fountains. Sit by it and let it replenish your spirit.
13. Just be. Quietly. Find nourishment in the stillness.
6 comments:
I see they provided a fire escape just for you to keep wacky western hours. ;)
Heck, I'd enjoy that for any "get-away"
some of the ways you live your life so remind me of my sister Carol. She and your brother Dwight were up at Grand Prairie together.
(and I have that book too!)
So THIS is how you do your Sabbath. It sounds lovely. And I love the Brene Brown book as well. Great post, Heather! Blessings, O
Just found your blog through Shutter Sisters - I have only read this one post and I LOVE IT. I just stayed in a B&B on Kodiak Island,AK...and you are right about all these perks!!
Beautiful post. I feel a bit restored just from being able to tag along virtually.
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