PLACES Legacy Museum & National Memorial for Peace and Justice Posted on June 28, 2018May 21, 2024 Today’s climate was the perfect political backdrop for a side trip to Montgomery, Alabama. The Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a central location for the infamous African slave trade in America. Sometimes travel experiences hurt. Sometimes they are very uncomfortable. And sometimes they make you…
PLACES My Top Ten Things to do Solo in Malta Posted on October 2, 2017May 19, 2024 Each conqueror leaving behind little traces of its architecture, food, religion, language and art all across the islands. I was lucky enough to spend 5 days exploring all the above this summer and here are 10 of my favorite adventures in Malta.
CULINARY TRAVEL Exclusive Napa Napa Valley Wine Discounts for Military Members Posted on May 14, 2017August 22, 2024 We walked into V. Sattui expecting to pay $15 each for a wine tasting. Surprise, surprise… V. Sattui comps the $15 tasting fee for active duty military personnel (and me too). Turns out the weekend was full of comps because V. Sattui isn’t the only one in Napa Valley that appreciates servicemembers with free or discounted pours.
PLACES Kid-Friendly French Riviera: Spring Break Road Trip Rules Posted on November 22, 2015July 13, 2024 The hill was so steep, every time I took my foot off the clutch to give it some gas, it rolled back and stalled out. Me and the car were going in the wrong direction. I tried again and again with the same outcome. The nice people of Eze were getting a little impatient until one politely rapped on my window. Then he took off, up the hill with both my kids in the peering out the rearview window.
LIFESTYLE Dead on the Autobahn- How I Killed My Husband’s BMW Posted on April 25, 2014June 9, 2024 BOOM and a puff of smoke. Was that us?? A moment later the car died on the side of the road. I coasted the once mobile BMW down the hill and off the autobahn near Saarbrucken. Get out of the car I screamed at the top of my lungs– to…
PLACES How to Road Trip 3 East European Countries with Girlfriends Posted on April 8, 2014June 14, 2024 After 3 whole days of partying, sightseeing and goulash in three different countries—jamming to YMCA in a Vienna taxi, a dance off in a Budapest nightclub and photo-bombing a bride and groom on the cobblestone streets of Bratislava, yes Bratislava, we hadn’t heard of it either. Now we were finally feeling the affects of what will henceforth be referred to as the Rock Star Weekend.