Must-Do St. Paul: Cooks of Crocus Hill
Often when I’m traveling alone, I scout out prospective places to bring my Mom and daughter if we were to return. The minute I walked into the Cooks of Crocus […]
Category Archives: Destinations
Purple Reign
I couldn’t visit Minneapolis without making a trek to see Paisley Park, especially after talking to some of the locals. Every one of them talked highly of Prince and what […]
TBEX Minneapolis
My 5-day trip to the TBEX (Travel Bloggers Exchange) Conference in Minneapolis left me motivated and inspired to resume travel blogging. If you’ve never been to one, it’s a conference full […]
Color Me Happy
Childhood I saw the highway exit sign for the Mall of America and I involuntarily clenched the steering wheel. I sucked in a breath and made myself turn off the […]
Bizarrely, Andrew Zimmern Brought Me Back
Hello! I started to resume blogging in February and then disappeared again. I’ve still been dealing with the turmoil going on in my life and trying to figure out what […]
A Glut of Gondolas
I know taking a gondola ride in Venice is the most touristy thing a person can do. But it’s Venice! And they’re gondolas! I mean, if not here, where? I’ve reached the […]
When Life Hands You Lemons…
Make limoncello! Please! I implore you! I love limoncello. Years ago, I watched Samantha Brown visit the Amalfi Coast on her television show. She went to a lemon grove and […]
The Pope Speaks
While I was doing my research before our trip to Italy, I discovered that it was possible to get tickets to an audience with the Pope in Vatican City and […]
Where I’ve Been
Some of you have been kind enough to reach out and ask me where I’ve been lately. In the blogosphere, I’ve basically fallen off the face of the earth. In […]
Merry Christmas with a Major Award!
A Christmas Story House Every Christmas Eve, we return from our family gathering and I turn on TBS to catch part of their 24-hour marathon of “A Christmas Story.” It’s […]
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