I suppose I should begin with Alooooooooooha! On August 22, 2019 I moved to Hawaii. Yes, it’s been over a year since I’ve posted, and I’m going to try and not make that mistake again. Moving to a new place is exciting and complicated, and your whole mind is flooded with everything that you have …
Living near an airport is one of the best and the worst things in my life. I live right by General Mitchell International Airport (Milwaukee Airport, Mitchell International, I think right now they’re talking about changing the name of it again.). Yes. An International airport, walking distance from my house. I used to work on …
This seems to be the number one reason people do not travel. I do completely understand. Travel can be expensive. But it can be so much more than that. I tend to look at taking these amazing vacations as more than just money. Of course traveling can be relaxing and can help prevent stress, as …
I know, I know. I’m an expert European traveler, having been in Europe over a dozen times since 2013, even having lived there. We’re all vulnerable at some point. Having been there over a dozen times we think we’re invincible. Let me tell you how I was conned. First let me say how humbled I …
The holidays may be coming to an end, but someone’s birthday is fast approching! (For me, we celebrate the Epiphany, so my gift-giving season is not quite over yet!) You know what that means! Racking your brain trying to come up with the perfect gifts for your loved ones. Sometimes making a list is difficult; …
Of course, it was supposed to be 48 hours, but flying standby sometimes doesn’t work the way you want it to. I got delayed leaving Milwaukee, but when the plane took off I got on the flight and spent the night in Denver. Just trying to find a place that was within my budget, close …
When I was a child I fell in love with an Island, my first Island. I fell in love with the humidity that frizzed my wavy hair into curls, I fell in love with the family I had just met, I fell in love with the ocean. From that first time, I knew that my …
This is the response I get constantly when Mexico comes up. I know Mexico very well; hotel, resorts, restaurants, places to go around town, things to do, etc. But yet I have never gone. Mexico was one of those Spring Break-y places, people went to to go get drunk, and where people got married. I’m …
Sometimes all you need to get your mind straight is a short beach getaway. Especially between the holidays. Every one is a bit stressed, family coming, cleaning, sleeping arrangements, money, weather, end of the quarter, end of the year, end of the semester, whatever it is! It’s exhausting. One of my bests and I decided …
I absolutely LOVE traveling solo. It’s a completely different type of Freedom that I never thought I would have. And that I never want to lose. It’s natural to become completely terrified before the adventure begins, but when you finally get there, after the terror milds, you get this moment of invincibility and power. A …