Maple Island Brewing
We visited the charming town of Stillwater, Minnesota which was once known as the Logging Capital of the World. It is now a quaint little day stop for Girls’ weekends, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Venice
I met a man at a group dinner the other night. We were talking about recent vacations and he said he’d gone to Croatia and popped over to Venice, Italy. […]
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 […]
