Tag: travel
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2024 Travel is Going Slow
I realized this morning it had been a few months since I’ve written anything. To be honest, the year has been busy. But it’s also been pretty travel-light. I took my first flight of the year the first of March, which is very unusual for me! It’s been so busy that Chuck and I have…
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Another Check on My Sports Bucket List — Ryder Cup, Part 2
It was here! Finally. After a year of planning, Chuck and I made our way to Rome for a week of fun prior to going to the Ryder Cup. As I mentioned before, we had tickets to Thursday’s final practice round and Saturday’s main event. So on Wednesday, we made the decision to check out…
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A Little Wine and a Lot of Friend Time
My really good friend, Amy, moved to San Francisco a little over a year after I moved to New Orleans. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the opportunity to visit her. Until now. She called me over the summer and invited me to her rental home in Napa for the weekend, and Chuck and I immediately said…
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Work and Play in Kauai
When Chuck’s work needed him to go to Kauai for a project, you better believe I was tagging along. Because of some projects I was on at my job, I couldn’t take the week off but getting up early for work is easier to swallow with the Kapalaki Beach views we had from the room.…
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Travel is key to happiness
I’ve always wanted to be a travel writer. It’s not a dream that I’ve been able to accomplish fully. However, a couple of years ago, I was able to join a blog that allowed me to write about some of my great travels. While blogging for the Pedacitos Blog has been awesome, the change in…
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A week in Vegas was perfect
Chuck and I took a long overdue week to travel to Las Vegas and man, I’m so glad we did. After postponing our September trip there due to Hurricane Ida, we were really looking forward to getting away for a bit. Although we both had a little work to do, we were able to still…
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Beachin’ friends
I’ve been friends with Alysia and Noelle for 21 years now. They were my first CNN friends. And through breakups, marriages, a divorce, kids, growing old, moving, and more, we are still there for each other. So when Noelle wanted to do a girls weekend for her 50th birthday, I jumped at the chance to…
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No two storms are the same
Here we go again, I thought. Another hurricane quickly popped up and immediately the track had it dead on for Louisiana. While the track shifted west as the week wore on, it was clear: Louisiana was going to be the center of the eye….. again. So on Monday, I got the call asking if I…
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A honest review of traveling during these strange times
It’s been six months since I’ve been on a plane. That’s the longest time since 2002 I’ve gone without flying, I think. The last flight I took, on March 16, was back to New Orleans from Seattle, where I was covering the initial Covid-19 outbreak. While things had started to change that day, little did…
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Unexpected Family Beach Time
When your sister calls on Friday saying that she booked a condo in Orange Beach from Mon-Sat of the next week since the kids’ school was postponed, of course I packed up my computer and beach stuff, rented a car and made my way 3 hours east. The week at the beach was a much…
Taking on New Adventures 