It’s Friday and I’m tempted to exchange my laptop for hiking boots – call it a snowday. I’ll take myself for a day of wilderness adventuring and smile when I think of my poor co-workers slaving away at their cubicles. Considering it’s raining, I don’t think my boss will buy my story though.

Can you tell I’ve hit my mid-winter bonk?

Thanks to a new company though, I can have my own private splash of the Atlantic Ocean at my desk. Apparently the water is collected in Portugal – where land ends and the sea begins, according to early explorers – and poured into handmade bottles.

Okay, so it’s not a Thoreau-esque walk in the woods, and it’s not really going to solve my need to escape work today. Still, it’s got me thinking of running headlong into the waves and how incredibly kool that will feel.

Wanna dream along with me? These weekend escape ideas should get you started.

Julia Rosien,
Nomadik Editor