Hurricane Katrina – Ten Years Later
Travel and life intersect – analyzing Hurricane Katrina and the personal impact, ten years later. Jennifer shares her thoughts on the disaster and how it intersected with her travels in many ways.
Destinations
Destination news and reviews.
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Touring Barcelona with Culinary Backstreets
I’m a sucker for a good food tour. To me, there is no better way to see a great city than to eat my way through it. And what better way to do that than with a local foodie as a guide? Barcelona was the first real stop on my Grand Mediterranean adventure and where…
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Terror – Travel Makes It Personal
Travel opens doors and windows to the world. There is no denying that visiting a different place opens you up to new experiences, new sensory stimuli, new cultures, new ideas. But the darker side of being exposed to all the new horizons is that it removes the detachment factor. When it comes to international terror, travel makes…
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Gwyneth Paltrow Recommended THIS Spa Treatment… and I LIKED It!
I am not one to jump on the fad bandwagon. And celebrity endorsements don’t make me want to try things I might not otherwise. But when I’m traveling abroad, I’m usually game to try a local treatment or two. I journeyed to Beijing for Memorial Day weekend thanks to the now infamous $400-ish business class…
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Hidden Northern Bali (Celukan Bawang) with Virtuoso Voyager Club
I like Bali. The part I like most is the part that is less traversed. It seems like everyone has been to the southern part of the island. And more individuals have discovered Ubud since Elizabeth Gilbert put it on the map in Eat Pray Love. But a majority of visitors to this island paradise…
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Hacking the Valet? Why I Will From Now On….
Ten dollars. Ten lousy dollars. That’s the margin by which I feel that the valet at the Crescent Hotel in Dallas (a Rosewood luxury property) decided to draw a line in the sand about valet charges on Thursday night. Let me explain… I went to the Crescent after work with plans to attend an alumni…
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Hot Men on the Paris Metro
File under Hot Bomb… …a friend shared this Instagram feed that focuses solely on snapshots of men on the Paris Metro. But not just any men. Hot men. Mecs Métro Paris has over 100,000 followers on Instagram who check in to see which cute Parisian (or visitor) will appear next. I’m usually too busy trying…
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How to Tame Your Komodo Dragon
I never do anything the easy way. If I did, then I would have been content with seeing a live Komodo dragon living a mere three miles from my house, safely enclosed, at the Fort Worth Zoo. But no. I have to do things the hard way. And thus one of the major draws of…
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Bay Bridge Lights Coming Down
The popular LED Bay Bridge lights in San Francisco will be coming down on Friday, according to The Bold Italic. Originally intended to be a temporary installation to honor the redesign of the bridge, the lighted bridge has become a new background for iconic photos of San Francisco. As such, a not-for-profit group has raised money…
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Visit NYC, Sex and the City Style
Sex and the City may have finished its HBO run over a decade ago – and hopefully its movie reincarnation after a train wreck of a romp through the United Arab Emirates a few years later (they got the designer obsessions correct at least, even if they did stomp on the culture in the process!) And yet…
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The Bachelor in Bali
I shared earlier this year that watching The Bachelor is my guilty pleasure when I’m stuck in hotel rooms. I still think that it’s an unrealistic show that mirrors the troubles of vacation romances (with the added intensity of a compressed timeframe, extra alcohol, and lots of bystander crew members. But this season has been particularly…
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How to Mardi Gras Like a Local – Part II
Part II of our rundown on how to Mardi Gras like a local. From Bourbon Street (yes or no?) to parades, police, drinking, and beads, we’ll help you experience New Orleans and all of Mardi Gras like a local. Our guest blogger breaks it all down in this special series.
