Planning for A Movable Feast

I've been in a pensive mood for a week now. (Startling, I'm sure, for those of you who know me.) When I heard about Star, that sent me into a bit of a spin and pressed me into action. I didn't feel like being glib this week, so I did a little research about going on a movable feast. You could think of it as Zen and the Art of Lifestyle Maintenance.

The Weather Channel and Following Your Bliss
A while ago, Pax and I joked about how cool it would be to pick up and follow the seasons. To have a year in which not a single day would be anything but exactly the weather you wanted. Follow the sunshine. Follow your bliss. Commence in Key West in January. Segue to Savannah by February. Move to Charleston by March. Revel in the Southland in springtime - a little Asheville in April. Wander through the cherry blossoms in D.C. Splash and sail around the Adirondacks in mid-summer. Watch the leaves turn in Vermont in October. Or go to the Perigord. Or Tuscany. Seville. Barcelona. Naxos. County Kerry. Kauai.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!
I've written before about other places I'd like to go and places I'd like to see. But this is more of a movable feast idea. I proposed to my business partners that we pick up our consulting and technology business and move it out of Philadelphia in the summer, for at least a month (preferably two), to somewhere fabulous. Somewhere that has water and fresh air and a reason to wake up in the morning and go "Aaaahhhhhhhhh!". Here's a list of places I found on first blush. My early-on criteria include a place to sleep 12-18 people, water (or mountains), warm, interesting, relaxing, pet friendly, and a place where clients and friends might want to pop in for a day or two, or stay a week. Oh, I need to have access to an airport. And broadband internet.

Heaven Is Just a Click Away

A villa in Provence

A maison in Bordeaux

A chateau in the Perigord

VRBOs in France

Downtown in Sonoma


Wine Country estates

Tuscany farmhouse

Santi Terzi

Key West



A Guy Can Dream, Can't He?
I'm going to keep looking. A lot. I'd love to hear from anyone with a cool suggestion. And yes, please come visit. It's A Movable Feast.