In memory of Sweet Adeline, please send the sisters to Aquae Sulis

Sweet Adeline was the daughter of immigrants, the wife of a career Army officer, and the mother of three girls—Konnie, Barbara, and me.

She enjoyed the military wife life, with its interesting duty stations and sophisticated social life. After Dad died, she continued to enjoy life as much as she could without him, and had a busy social life in Carlsbad, California (home of her widow years).

 

Mom loved “cultured” experiences: Ritz Carlton high tea; Irish country house hotel; La Costa spa days. She was always coifed, manicured, and well-dressed, make up in order, even if just going to the corner store. Even in her last days, she never missed her beauty salon appointment.

 

Sweet Adeline feared her girls would lose touch with each other after her death. She and her sister had parted after their own mother’s death, and Adeline didn’t want the same thing for us.

 

After Mom died, we ensured that we would stay in touch, and also honor her memory, by taking a spa break at a different place every year. The annual Sweet Adeline Spa Week has become a sister tradition…until this year.

 

The 2009 Spa Week is in jeopardy. All three of us are seeing bad effects from the dicey economy, and it looks like our tradition may die due to lack of funds.

 

Or perhaps not.

 

If we win the Homeaway Getaway Contest, we will go to Bath, England, Aquae Sulis to ancient Romans. We will stay in the Beau Nash apartment in an elegant Georgian townhouse.

 

We will visit the new spa, enjoying thermal waters that Romans once took advantage of. We will “take the waters” and have high tea at the Pump Room, with the ghost of Jane Austen in attendance. And we will shop in wonderful stores in the city center and dine on world cuisines in smart Bath restaurants.

I can’t think of a better way to keep our homage to Sweet Adeline going than sending the sisters  to Aquae Sulis! And you can do it by voting for us in the Homeaway Getaway contest. Vote for us today!

Comments

[Arnie Stein]

Trish deserves to win!

[Remi Marents]

Have a great trip !

[Trish Lambert]

@Arnie and @Remi, Thanks guys!!!!! I appreciate your vote...we've got our fingers crossed! Trish

[Bob Poole]

Good Luck! I wish you and your sisters the best.

[Sheila]

You deserve it - Hope you get to keep the tradition alive.

[Davender]

Tee hee, I know which one in the photo is Trish... (compare the smiles with the profile photo!)

Love the way you keep in touch with your sisters. This is something to reflect on, how to keep in touch with my brothers after my mom passes away. Thanks for the inspiration, Trish...