Taking on New Adventures

As I’ve mentioned, my job allows me to do some travel. And these past 4 days, I’ve had the opportunity to be in Indianapolis for a conference for meeting planners and suppliers. It’s my first time in Indy and it’s been such a great experience. From the conference agenda to the opportunities given to us…

Memorial Day weekend has traditionally been the start of a week at the beach for me. For the past 15 years or so, I’ve spent time in Destin around this time of year. And while we didn’t get the opportunity to go last year, we were able to carve out 3 days to head over…

Summer is supposed to be a time of relaxing, enjoying the sun and having some cold drinks in hand. But I live in New Orleans, so who am I kidding? Summer is CRAZY in all of its glorious ways around here. Between friends in town who I want to see, the various festivals going on…

When our friends called and said they found some pretty reasonably priced tickets to see Chicago (the band) at the Saenger Theatre, I figured I’d hop online and see if they had more available. Chuck LOVES live music. Almost more than me. But even more so, he had mentioned a while back how he’d like…

Living in New Orleans for nearly 5 years, I’ve never had the opportunity to take off of work to participate in “locals Thursday” at JazzFest. But that changed this year, and I’m hooked! This year, the organizers of JazzFest did an amazing thing, offering $50 tickets to people with Louisiana IDs and the opportunity to…

It’s not everyday you win a silent auction item that is worth way more than you paid. But that happens from time to time. Luckily, Chuck and I won tickets to the Friday round for the 2018 Zurich Classic at Hogs for the Cause. It is a great charity, helping families of pediatric brain cancer…

Being new to the business of meeting & event planning, I was shocked to receive and invitation from the Mexican Tourism Board for Tianguis Touristico, their annual expo for tourism in the country, so early in my new job and career. My boss was totally cool with me going and said it would be a…

It’s no secret that one of my favorite things to do on the weekends is walk and bike around the city, checking out new places and a few favorites. Chuck and I did just that and it was probably one of the more relaxing weekends we’ve had in New Orleans in a while. We made…

One of the events I’ve most enjoyed in New Orleans is Hogs for the Cause. It’s no secret that I grew up in Memphis and have long enjoyed the Memphis in May BBQ Festival and the awesome food and scenery it provided me growing up. Fast forward to 2013 when I moved here and was…

I started my new job at ARB Meetings in late January and went all in on the planning of CFUnited. Some of the things I was tasked to do was very similar to planning coverage of a major news event (Super Bowl, Papal Conclave, etc). Others were new (big budget, to name one). But I’ve…