A friend turned me on to the book Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander just before Christmas. Not only did I have to buy the book for my brother, reading snippets of it as I was trying to get it wrapped and under the tree, but I forced him to let me read bits …
Tag: Travel
Booking Trips: Yourself v. Agent
One of my New Year's resolutions is to do a better job of documenting my trips-- big and small-- on the blog. Sometimes I get so caught up in making sure I get an international trip in each year that I miss out on thoroughly enjoying and sharing some of the smaller road trips I …
2009 Travel Recap
Although I haven't had my blog for a year, I thought it might be appropriate to recap some of my travels throughout 2009 since the calendar year is drawing to a close. Hopefully this is something I can continue each year to map out where I've been and what I've done while taking a little …
Literary Travels: The Angel’s Game and The Shadow of the Wind
I have been flying through reading material lately. Now that I'm back into my 5 a.m. weekday workout routine, I have more time in the evenings to enjoy dinner and make some serious headway on my book pile. I'm thinking about blogging my forays in literature on my workplace's site with some of the other …
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Travel for Turkey Day
Luckily I was able to head home for the holidays early-- Wednesday evening, following the longest three days of work in recent history. I was looking forward to a long weekend since I haven't had PTO since July (I know, way too long), and I was pleasantly surprised that the four days didn't fly by for once. …
Travel Tips: Safety (In Numbers)
I took my first international trip completely by myself. I left to study abroad without any international travel experience, without any friends along for support, and without a good understanding of how I would communicate with my family and friends back home given the more than 3,000 miles between us. I'm sure my parents had …
Following Travel Destinations on Twitter
Despite my stubborn delay, I finally gave in and joined Twitter to begin following different media outlets and industries on behalf of my clients. Of course, it wasn't long before I realized I couldn't just follow other conversations; I had to take part in them myself. The reason I put up such a fight about joining Twitter was …
