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My First Print Travel Article!

April D. Thompson in the Winter 2012 Edition of Broughton Quarterly

My first print travel article is finally here! Have you seen it in the Winter 2012 Broughton Quarterly? It’s actually been out for a few months now, but I’m just getting my hands on a physical copy now that I’m back in Georgia. Not only is it my first print article, but it was the […]

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Tequila’s First Trip to Jamaica

I recently won a trip to Jamaica for the 2012 Jazz and Blues Festival and brought along the homie, Tequila. It was her first trip to Jamaica, but definitely won’t be her last. Here’s what she had to say… My first trip to Jamaica turned out to be an exhilirating experience for a sweet Georgia peach like […]

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How I Make This Travel Thing Work

San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina

This Fourth of July, I found myself at a roof top pool party hosted by one of my favoritest (I know it’s not a real word) people in Los Angeles, Sam. Sitting poolside, devouring a red velvet cupcake, a girl approached me and said she knew me. I’d never seen her before, but thought maybe […]

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How Full is Your Bucket?

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~Maya Angelou On a recent work trip to Ft. Lauderdale, I sat in first class next to a really nice, older gentleman. We chatted about work (we were both in sales […]

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The Road Not Taken

“Congratulations, grad!” “Ms. MBA, we’re so proud of you!” “Class of 2011: We did it!” In my typical pre-flight procrastination routine, I sat in front of my computer hypnotized by my Facebook newsfeed. My half packed suitcase lay open in the middle of the floor, begging me to finish and head out the door. Instead […]

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