There’s a downside to traveling and staying at luxury hotels…. coming home to my not so luxury home. If you are like me, you’ve often thought “how can I get that hotel experience at home”. How can I experience the luxury bed, soft linens, aromatherapy, luxury toiletries and overall sense […]
Chances are you have a friend or family member that is a traveler like me and chances are they are a pain in the ass to buy for at holiday (and birthday) time because they just want to be on a trip anywhere but here and that’s not in your […]
While I’m grounded at home until the world is open to Americans again, I’m revisiting my travel love life through fun posts like this. Hope you enjoy! “Where is Your Husband?” is a question I’ve been asked so many times over the years as I’ve traveled solo that I wrote […]
It’s no secret, I’m a chocoholic. I developed this chocolate sweet tooth later in life and as I get older, I’m definitely more selective in what I choose to indulge in. So when I planned my last-minute trip to Rotterdam and Belgium (Bruges and Ghent), I knew I needed to […]
No visit to Philadelphia is complete without a visit to the Reading Terminal Market (tagline Fresh and Local Every Day) located in downtown Center City across from the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The market is one of the largest and oldest markets in the U.S. with its origin in 1892 as part […]
My earliest memories of my first camera used flash cubes and 110 film cartridges. I then graduated to the Polaroid One Step camera which with a few waves in the air (like you just don’t care) the image magically appeared. For a grade schooler in the 1970’s, this was so […]
Three years ago, I started writing about my travels and pressed “publish” on this blog. I had no idea how my life would change from that action – the blog has helped me overcome sudden loss, connected me with new friends in London and around the world and has been […]
Great stories and memories are made from surprise, emotion and dumb luck. My first trip to Italy is definitely one of my cherished travel stories – it involves a bus full of pensioners (senior citizens) and so many surprises! I had recently graduated college and wanted to go on my first trip […]
My friend’s flight was delayed due to weather and this caused her and her family to miss their connection to London. When she told me that she was flying from Philadelphia to New York to London, I gave her this obviously weird look and said “Why would the travel agent […]
Self Promotion – I suck at it! While I’ve been blogging for more than a year now, I haven’t quite gotten used to saying “hey, look over here, I’m a traveler with stories to tell and photos to share”. I’m more comfortable in the background soaking up information than standing […]