Today, January 26, is Australia Day, the official national day of Australia which commemorates the 1788 anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships in what is now the state of New South Wales. While my personal travel
The bright sun of the Costa Rican morning peeps through the curtains of my room at Hotel DoceLunas, spreading warm rays across the floor and beckoning me to leave bed and head outside, where the jungle awaits. The dense foliage overhead
Flying to Iceland from Paris is a highly disorienting experience, especially if done at night. I left Paris at 11 p.m. only to arrive in Reykjavik at 12 a.m., 2 a.m. Paris time, 7 p.m. New York time if you judge
Last week I had the opportunity to celebrate the start of the holiday season in one of my favorite ways –with a performance of The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker at the National Theatre of Costa Rica I attended the ballet at the
If you follow along on my adventures, it's no secret that I harbor an obsession for all things Disney. My childhood was kick started by yearly trips to Disneyland, and my career in communications was kick started by a role
Two weeks ago something really cool happened. The San Francisco Giants won the World Series for the third year in the past five! On a travel related note, I also had the opportunity to be interviewed for The Daily Travel Podcast by Nathaniel
Ljubljana. Don’t be shy, it’s pronounced lyoo-BLYAH-nah. And, it’s the capital of Slovenia, a green and mountainous nation of two million people located just East of Italy and South of Austria. Humans have lived on the land that now forms the capital city
The wind kicks up over Lake Bled, tossing the water in sprays and small waves that slap against the side of a wooden rowboat, rocking it gently back and forth. I am rowing toward an island in the middle of this
If you are a diligent reader of my blog then you already know that I am a massive fan of the San Francisco Giants. I’m talking a Posey-cheering, jersey-wearing, not-ashamed-to-admit I sat solo on the couch the entire month of October
One of my favorite places in Los Angeles is the Griffith Observatory. It’s iconic. It’s nerdy. It’s free. (Yes, can you believe it there is something to do for free in Los Angeles). Built in 1935 in the Hollywood Hills, the