Thank you for another wonderful year of readership, friendship, community, support, and affection. This wonderful life of ours has been a beautiful roller coaster of lessons in family, marriage, courage, and the pursuit of individual passions.read more[...]
As I sit here amidst work documents, holiday wrapping paper, and cards from friends, my teen is at the mall where he drove himself to go holiday shopping. This is where my life is now. No matter what else is happening around me, these changes happening in my family are what consume me and are shaping every minute of my day and my being. It's been an insanely, beautiful year.read more[...]
There is a lot of information that I am still processing from the White House Travel Blogger Summit. What an honor that experience was. Bloggers from all over the country and the world were present. From the moment we all came together the night before, conversations on study, volunteerism, and work abroad surrounded the space around us. It was clear that despite the fact that we all came[...]
My travels started long before I could fully comprehend the awesome that my solo traveling mom was before I was born. I've traveled since I was a baby because I come from a family of immigrants who understood that to learn more and seek out better opportunities they needed to travel. I traveled throughout my entire life for holidays, for moves, to study, in search of myself, in search o[...]
Not too long ago, I got an invite to an event being held in New York City from the public relation agency for a brand that a blogger friend of mine was working with. They were promoting a product where her creative content was front and center. I hated the email. Not because I wasn't happy for my friend and her success. Not because I wouldn't have loved to have seen her and support her[...]
I've been busy these past few days with family from out-of-town visiting and Thanksgiving. We rarely have family over for the holidays. It is almost always just the 5 of us, which is fine, but there's something so much more special when you have others present to share the joy and memories with. With my nephews from Texas growing so quickly, we've all found it so important to find ways[...]
Two days are hardly enough time to visit Lisbon, but this is the part where my job gets in the way a bit. I would love to stay here longer and take in the city even more, but I must move on to cover other places. Were I to take a regular tour with Insight Vacations, my visit would be longer and the pace slower. But as a media guest invited by the company (full disclosure), I am seeing t[...]
I was on a walking tour when we came upon the Bethesda Terrace. I love this area of Central Park because it is where most artists congregate. As a former singer, I can appreciate the perfection of the acoustics of the lower passageway, so often sought out by singers and musicians who have been retained by the city to play there. The beautiful ceilings carved to depict wildlife and se[...]
We are coming to the end of the fall foliage season in New York City. By the time Thanksgiving rolls around there will be only a few leaves left hanging, much of which will fall at the slightest gust of winter wind. I shared a lot a fall photos last year of Central Park, my favorite place to take the colors in, but thought I would share some more with a few tidbits I learned during a tour[...]
I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I am almost always the biggest (fattest) person on almost every single travel media trip I am on. I am often the only person of color, which is always interesting. I am sometimes almost always the oldest too, but that's not as obvious sometimes. Definitely not as obvious as my physical self. I was recently on a trip where the tour guide did[...]
