"I thought, wait a second, could it be? And now I know for sure: I just added two more guys to my wolfpack."

A taste of the very best bits of my recent cross-country girls' trip: Arizona's painted desert, the Grand Canyon glorified even more by a dusting of snow, the charming indoor canals of the Venetian (instant love for C and I) and my dear MIL and SIL taking in the fountain show at the Bellagio.