With labor day approaching, I have four creative ways to elevate your day off or staycation. Vacation is not a destination, it’s an attitude.
Four Ways to Elevate your Staycation
My Friend’s Big Fat Greek Wedding
I needed a spark of joy in my life and I got it in the form of my friend’s big fat Greek wedding. The whole event felt like I was a protagonist in a Hollywood movie.
My Friend’s Big Fat Greek Wedding Part III: A Perfect Day in Poulithra
My Greek friend is getting married! Opa! And I got invited to her wedding in Greece! Double Opa. Follow along as I document the fun, craziness and confusion of being a foreigner at a Greek Wedding. Good Morning, Poulithra The soft golden sunlight creeped through […]
My Friend’s Big Fat Greek Wedding Part II: My Odyssey Ends
My Greek friend Maria is getting married! Opa! And I got invited to her wedding in Greece! Double Opa. Follow along as I document the fun, craziness and confusion of being a foreigner at a Greek Wedding. Recap My friend is getting married in the […]
My Friend’s Big Fat Greek Wedding Part I: The Odyssey Begins
My Greek friend Maria is getting married! Opa! And I got invited to her wedding in Greece! Double Opa. Follow along as I document the fun, craziness and confusion of being a foreigner at a Greek Wedding.
Lyon: Three Days, Three Recommended Activities
I spent three wonderful days in a city I hold dear to my heart – Lyon, France. If you follow this blog, you’ve probably already read a few entries about this city, so I will spare you much of the details. Instead, in honor of […]
Bienvenue à Geneve
Welcome to Geneva is what the mountains chanted at me this morning as my plane descended into the Swiss Alps. Welcome to Geneva is what the fresh, crisp Swiss Pinot Gris and Aligote whispered to me from the depths of my wine glass. Welcome to […]
San Antonio Coffee Challenge
MySA, a news publication about San Antonio, Texas, recently posted on their Instagram page that the Alamo city is getting a lot of new coffee shops. They showed some cool looking spots in downtown and around the Pearl. This post inspired me to do a San […]
Winter Texans and Welsh Cowboys
I am officially a Winter Texan. What is a Winter Texan, you ask? It is a person that spends their winters in Texas. Up north they call them snowbirds. Fleeing the frigid winter of the upper 48 and nestling down south to enjoy the warmer weather. […]
Tips to Reach Your 2023 Travel Goals
Hello 2023! New Year, new me… or at least that’s how the saying goes. I don’t know about you, but right around the new year, I like to muse on what my 2023 will be like. I’m very much Type A so I like to […]