There is something magical about planning a girls’ beach weekend, a kind of excitement that feels like being seventeen again, when the promise of salt air and laughter was enough to carry you through the week. A beach trip with your closest friends isn’t just a getaway—it’s an event, an escape from deadlines and drama, …
On September 16, 1620, a small wooden ship slipped away from the port of Plymouth in southern England and set its bow toward the unknown. The vessel was called the Mayflower, a merchant ship never designed for the burden of history it would soon carry, and aboard were just over one hundred passengers — men, …
