Travel
Today, March 31st is the last day of USAirways as an airline. Tomorrow, on April 1st (not lost is that it is April Fools’ Day), the new American will emerge from the merger of the two airlines and my loyalty program shifts from the Star Alliance to One World. I’m […]
Philadelphia historic landmarks, some world reknown, others just locally loved are all around the city. For this week’s #FriFotos theme of Landmarks, I share a bit of my city, The City of Brotherly Love. We have over 60 National Historic Landmarks in and around the city. Walking around to see […]
It’s no secret that I’m a cookie addict. While I have tempered the craving a bit by only eating highly worthy cookies such as Metropolitan Bakery‘s Sour Cherry Sea Salted Chocolate Chip or my local Hope’s Cookies, I was on a cookie quest in Chicago. I was in search of […]
As part of my award ticket, I would need to reposition myself to Chicago to get the first of three flights to Melbourne. My USAir flight from Philadelphia to Chicago, where I would stay overnight, was quite interesting. I had heard commotion from the rows behind me during the flight […]
I don’t have a green thumb, never had, never will, so I enjoy visiting gardens because they are pretty colorful, relaxing and give me so many photo opportunities. The Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden ,outside of Cape Town, was a stop on the day long private tour (we spent the morning […]
The tweet from Accor Hotels said “retweet this to win a 2 night stay in Sydney”, well, who am I not to comply with a directive like that? So retweet I did as it was easy enough to do – no forms to complete, no log in or granting access […]
The perk of flying on a business class international ticket is the lounge access. Over the years, traveling solo, the lounge has been a good place to have a quiet seat, charge my phone and not worry about my bags when I want to use the bathroom (one downside of […]
When was the last time you saw a butterfly? Up close and personal? For most of us, I would imagine that we’ve all see the caterpillar stage but rarely the butterfly in our daily lives. Sure you can go to the zoo, but how often do you really do […]
When planning my Africa trip, I heard more than once “don’t miss Table Mountain”, “Table Mountain is a must”, “Table Mountain”, “Table Mountain”. The universe was sending too many people for me to ignore, so I figured I had to plan some time at Table Mountain. Easier said that done. […]
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 […]