Travel
To show my age, I remember Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez and the insane media circus around their relationship. The combining of names began and they were no longer Ben & Jennifer they morphed into “Bennifer” to make it somehow easier than saying or typing their whole names? Really? At the time, […]
Two years ago I attended a travel writer/blogger conference in Dublin. At the time, I heard about this new type of boutique hostel, Generator Hostels. The Dublin hostel, interestingly located in the same complex as the Jameson Whiskey Distillery, was full of attendees who all spoke highly of the new […]
Do you eat seafood? If so, how much do you know about the origin and journey your fish took to end up on your plate? Other than the occasional fish & chips, I’m not quite the seafood fan and can pretty much say that for the most part I have no idea […]
I was running out to lunch when I saw Phil Keoghan, host of The Amazing Race, walk past me with the travel show staff. Just a regular guy with his carry-on. He was stopped by the local news to answer a few questions so I stood behind to listen. He […]
It’s getting very personal out in the world especially if you are a solo woman traveler. For years, I shrugged off the crazy questions, the observations that are best left unsaid and the many comments that folks forgot to filter. I would rationalize it that it was their culture to […]
For years, I’ve watched Samantha Brown’s Travel Channel shows thinking “she has the greatest job”! Reality is that she is traveling over 200 days a year away from home and working long days (it is a job after all) with one day (!!!) set aside when she arrives to explore […]
Travel inspiration, where do you find it? In a movie, a book, from Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, a friend, brochure, email, mailing, etc. There are so many travel images, stories and options coming at you on a daily basis it’s hard to filter out where to go (at least for me) […]
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 […]
Many folks are not familiar with a repositioning cruise (repo cruise) but once you learn about them you may be a fan of the great value. As my travel agent told me “you can’t live at home for that price” and she is right (sorta). Just like the birds that […]
The Caribbean is popular for a good reason – it’s gorgeous! As I am not quite the sun and sand kind of girl (yet), I’ve avoided the Caribbean cruise for a long time, much preferring the cities and ports of the Mediterranean. When my cruise friends invited me to join them, […]