St. James's London blue flowers

When Life Takes A Big Unexpected Bite of the Travel Budget

The form asked “Do you like your Smile?” and I was stumped as I never really thought about my smile.  Now, if it had asked “Do you like your thighs?” I would have immediately wrote “NO” in capital letters, double underlined, but that’s a given –  what women loves her […]

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 […]

London Shoes in New Orleans

Addicted to Nordstrom – The Shoe Shopping Points & Miles Double Dip

Triple Points starts today.  If you understand what this means then odds are you are a bit addicted to Nordstrom like me. I’ve lost thousands of miles & points over the years because I’ve needed to feed my shoe addiction in person (they have shoes for my big size 11 feet). […]

British Airways plane flying over London

Travel Dilemma – A Case of the Destination Doldrums

It’s early September and I should be traveling somewhere or preparing to go away.  Traveling in September, the start of the fall season was always something to look forward to – to survive the hot, sticky, humid, icky Philly weather which was often in the high 90’s (or hitting 100F) […]

British Museum gold coins

My Travel Savings Strategy – Simple, Silly and Smart

There are a few questions that people seem to always ask me when it comes to travel.  The first one is “How much did it cost?”  and the second question is “How can you afford to travel so much?” How much do my trips cost?  Well this to me is […]

Baltic Cruise sunset offbeat travel

The Indie30 Art Project – Week 1 Catching Up

Everything starts with good intentions.  On the weekly Twitter #RTWchat I was intrigued by the Indie 30 Art Project when it was mentioned.  Initially, it seemed perfect for me, a daily prompt about travel – inspiration to produce a blog post, instagram photo, video or other artistic interpretation and share with the community.  But […]

Paris

Abandoned in Paris, alone on Valentine’s Day, a solo traveler is born!

It was Valentine’s Day in Paris and I was in on the secret at the table….he was going to propose to his girlfriend at Mont Saint-Michel, our tour destination. He asked us to help to ensure they were alone during the tour of the abbey.  Visiting Mont Saint-Michel, A UNESCO […]

Little Miss Sunshine in Paris

My first year of Travel Blogging – a year of chocolate, cities and challenges

Hard to believe that a year ago, I hit “publish” on my first post to start this blog and that this is my 144th post.  I spent months struggling with “how to” videos, articles and wordpress technical stuff trying to get it perfect before going live and then I realized […]