LIFESTYLE Road Trip: How to Lose Weight While You Travel Posted on July 25, 2018June 28, 2024 You guys know I am in the process of moving. I’m also in the process of a month-long road trip. And I am looking for another job. And oh yeah, I’m trying to lose weight. Any one of the above is a recipe for weight gain. So far, I’ve lost… Read more
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… Read more
PLACES Malta Travel Guide: 10 Best Things to Do and See Posted on October 2, 2017October 31, 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. Read more
CULINARY TRAVEL Exclusive Napa Napa Valley Wine Discounts for Military Members Posted on May 14, 2017October 31, 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. Read more
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… Read more
PLACES How to Road Trip 3 East European Countries with Girlfriends Posted on April 8, 2014December 25, 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. Read more