The musings of an amusing traveling blonde
Flight Canceled. The big, bold, red text in my American Airlines app annoyed me, as if somehow the color of the words alone was rubbing salt in my wounds. I had been working in sunny Los Angeles for three days and was excited to get on my flight home back to cold and snowy Chicago,…
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Simply put, Petra was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen a lot of cool things. I don’t have the words to describe just how magnificent it is, so I’ll give you the next best thing- a few tips for your visit so that you can just go see it yourself.…
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Claudia and I were sitting in a window at a cafe in Tel Aviv, basking in the sun like cats. We had just finished a large Israeli breakfast complete with shakshuka and Israeli salads, and were now slowly sipping our cappuccinos. She exhaled contently, closed her eyes and said, “I’m just happy to be here.”…
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“What are the four things that are compulsory when driving in India?” Mr. Satpal, our driver, looked at my friend Chrissy and I expecting an answer. “Good horn. Good brakes. Good eyes. Good luck.” Chrissy and I laughed nervously in the backseat, and with that- Mr. Satpal took off, swerving between cars, Tuk-tuks, trucks, camels,…
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One of my not so secret talents is packing. I can pack ten days of fabulous outfits in a carry-on (my current situation in India); I’ve previously lived out of a backpack for 5 weeks (once in Southeast Asia and once in Spain), and I can throw together a suitcase half an hour before leaving…
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I have always been fascinated by airplanes. I took my first flight when I was two years old and have been on well over 200 flights since. I flew to Charleston for the weekend with one of my best friends Nicole, and had the honor of being her guest at Boeing’s family day in their…
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I LOVE Vegas. It’s fabulous, and wild, and over the top. It’s vain, it’s lustful, it’s envious, it’s greedy. (Sin city- amirite?) It is so many wonderful and horrible things all at once. And… I’m very okay with that. I had the privilege of speaking at a conference in Vegas last week, and figured I…
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I’ve been to Seattle about four or five times over the past two years, primarily to visit a few of my best girlfriends who live out there. I *think* I love Seattle but I have yet to distinguish- do I actually love Seattle or do I just love the time spent there with my girlfriends?…
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I wrote quite a bit about my trip to Scandinavia. I wrote about Belgian beers, and Swedish Fikas; my thoughts on Helsinki’s architecture, and my fascination with Vikings in Oslo. But, I didn’t write about my favorite part of the trip, and frankly, where I spent the majority of my time. The Lofoten Islands in…
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The grand finale of my 10 days in Scandi-Land was Helsinki, Finland. To be frank, which by now you’re probably use to, it was a great last stop because it made me okay with going home. Helsinki felt like stepping into Soviet Russia, (or the show Chernobyl for those of you who are terrible at…
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