All things home.
Lately I’ve developed a regular craving for chicken wings. I don’t think it has anything to do with the project I’ve been working in Buffalo, but perhaps it does. Unlike traditional Buffalo wings, however, I sometimes like a little bit of sweet with my heat. After some experimentation, I’ve concocted this easy recipe for sriracha…
Do you ever get in a rut? A travel pattern that becomes habit either through intentional repetition or accidental momentum? Do you catch yourself saying “I always stay at this hotel” or “we cruise to the Caribbean every April” or “this is what I do every time I arrive at the airport”? It could be a…
I will always be a Fort Worth girl, no matter where I roam. I’m also unapologetically a huge geek – and always have been. The intersection of those two data points make me one of the saddest to hear about the death of Radio Shack. The hometown company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday…
I’m in week five of one of my busiest travel quarters in over a decade. I’m starting to feel the strain of the push/pull of several small trips running together (tomorrow will start my fourth weekend in a row to be gone) that are intermixed with lots of short weekday trips. All of these have…
Want to look as chic as a celebrity jetsetter the next time you fly? InStyle has compiled a great slideshow of celebrity airport fashions worth a glance before your next trip. No matter how you dress to fly (business or casual), they’ve got inspired looks for you. Nicole Kidman’s black & white coat the start of…
I’ve raved before about the app Next Issue which is the equivalent of having the entire newsstand on my tablet for instant reading pleasure. Next Issue has been my saving grace during the numerous flight delays and cancellations I’ve endured in the last year. The stash of magazines has given me reading pleasure on cruise…
Salty or sour. Sweet or savory. Spicy or sublime. Whatever it is, if it’s a popular local snack, I’m going to want to try it. It might come from a local market. Or it might come from the supermarket. Food stall or hawker cart? No problem. Streetside vending machine? Let me find my change. In…
Many of you know that I don’t really spend much – okay ANY – time talking about credit cards here. It’s not really my wheelhouse (heck I still haven’t figured out exactly how to eat a vanilla-scented bluebird) and I chose to pick a few unique affiliate partners instead of offering credit card links. So I was…
It used to be my routine to always go to London at the beginning of the year. Post holiday shopping at Selfridges? check Stock up on toiletries at Boots? check Pick up another Easter bunny from Harrods? check Burn off a couple of expiring systemwide upgrades? check Grab a stash of UK Cadbury Creme Eggs? not so fast…….
Some of my friends believe that I’m permanently on vacation. I can see where the misconception comes from – I’m constantly in airports and hotel rooms, catching another flight, eating in restaurants, and engaging in social media activities at odd hours – just another typical travel day for me. The reality is, work – and…
Nothing seems to invite controversy in a frequent traveler discussion quite like the “what do you wear to fly” conversation. Diehards on both ends of the spectrum (from “one step up from pajamas” to “dressed for the boardroom”) tend to be quick to defend their positions as to why their way of dress is the…
I think Hell has frozen over in DFW. Not only did Tony Romo deliver a playoff win for the Dallas Cowboys, but I’m watching The Bachelor again AND quoting Nikki Ferrell. Bear with me. I haven’t lost my mind. No, I haven’t. Nikki, formerly of Don Juan Juan Pablo Galavis crappily-ever-after fame as the “winner” from…