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My EPIC Journey begins

So my life is changing whether I want it to or not so I decided it was a great excuse to begin my EPIC journey and see where it leads.  When I wrote about the crazy $399 transatlantic cruise to Barcelona from Miami on the Norwegian EPIC cruise ship, I sent […]

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BLeisure Travel? I Blame “Bennifer” for the ridiculous names

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, […]

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The Travel Do Over – A Tale of Two Interns

I won’t lie – I do enjoy a good “I told you so” when someone admits I was right with advice.  At a recent lunch, however, with our current college intern and former intern, I wasn’t feeling any sense of satisfaction – I was sad.  Sad that our former college […]

Boathouse Row Philadelphia

My Puzzle Piece Fits Best in Philadelphia

In the past year, I’ve been traveling in search of a tribe, looking to see where my interests and passions fit best, looking for people who get me and trying to find a common idea/goal that has a safe place to grow. Hoping to find all of me fits in […]

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My Inner Hotel Inspector Rarely Takes a Vacation

I often wonder if “it’s just me” with the crazy attention to detail when I visit and/or stay at hotels around the world.  It’s hard to turn off my inner “hotel inspector” when I travel for vacation…for me.  I’m constantly running through my due diligence checklist for hotels and I […]