I’m not typically a planner, but since getting back from my too short trip to Spain and Portugal, I’ve been itching to hop back on a plane for another international getaway. Things at work have started to pick up and while I appreciate being able to earn Frequent Flyer miles from work travel, Chicago and […]
Archive | February, 2011
Woman on My Way
The contest voting ended on midnight, Feb 1. I finished with a respectable 606 votes and was still in the running to become Wyndham’s Local Nation Contest winner (In my best Tyra Banks ANTM judging voice). For the past two weeks, I have been sitting on pins and needles awaiting on the final results. While […]
Travel Quote and Photo of the Week (2/11/11)
He who strays discovers new paths. ~Nils Kjær Nils Kjær (11 September 1870 – 9 February 1924) was a Norwegian playwright, short story writer, essayist, literary critic and theatre critic Today there is lot of unsuspected condition which force individuals to take medicines. What can we order without formula? There are sundry drugs for male […]
A Tasty Tease in Lisbon
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak… I’m a strong willed person and don’t easily succumb to temptation, but there are a few things (and people) on this earth that make me weak in the knees. It really takes someone special, Idris Elba […]
Got Passport?
If you haven’t heard the statistics, let me educate you: Only 30% of US Citizens hold valid passports, compared to 60% in Canada and 75% in the UK. The US numbers have been on the rise, but it’s just not enough. I personally find it a little disheartening that 42% of Americans have a smart phone, […]