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Optimism Virus to Battle the Cold Virus

January 29, 2010

My “optimism virus” has been outgunned this week by a cold virus. I tell you what, it has been hard to see “Only The Good!” When things are going wrong, it’s probably the best time to practice optimism, eh? Let me try to shoot down that cold virus with some optimism. [...]

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Interactive Games On Road Trips

August 31, 2009

The last time we went on a road trip with our teenager in tow, he sat in the back seat with his eyes closed. He rocked his head from side to side; occasionally he twisted and jerked. All the while, his long slender fingers beat an indiscernible rhythm on the car seat. [...]

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Heaven or Hell? 654 Miles of Yard Sale!

July 21, 2009

I guess that could be heaven for someone like me (a confessed garage sale junkie) except that it runs from August 6-9, is in the Deep South (can you say “hotter than blazes?”), and even I get weary of garage sales after about the third one in a day.
It’s time for the 22nd [...]

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Historic Savannah, THE Most Elegant City

July 23, 2008

When General Sherman marched the Union Army across the South, the soldiers burned every Southern City in their path (hoping to end the Civil War). Every city, that is, except Savannah, Georgia. Residents of Savannah proudly proclaim that their Southern Hospitality so charmed General Sherman that it stayed his hand and he [...]

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Bulldog “Ghost Tours” Bite!

July 22, 2008

Come explore The Holy City’s streets, cemeteries, back alleyways, churches, and join our experienced and fully-licensed tour guides on a 1 1/2 hour walking tour through the dark edges of Charleston’s Haunted Historic District. You’ll hear fun and chilling stories of Charleston ghosts, haunted houses, voodoo, and Lowcountry superstitions. This is the only Charleston [...]

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Dreaded Vacation Pictures

December 20, 2007

Don’t y’all just hate it when you go to visit at someone’s house and they pull out the Dreaded Vacation Pictures? No they didn’t dread the vacation; YOU dread having to sit there with an artificial grin plastered on your face while they show you pictures that bore… you… to… tears.
Well, the [...]

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San Francisco 101

December 19, 2007

Have y’all ever been to San Francisco? I believe I’ve told you that it’s just about my favorite place to visit. In fact, I want to live there. I will, just as soon as my Google ads start to pay off for me (or when I win the lottery—which will probably happen [...]

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Only The Good– A “Sinking” Feeling

October 25, 2007

I can laugh about it now. But, when we walked into our room at the [tag]Mendocino Hotel[/tag], I was not amused! This was the extent of my “bathroom.”

The toilets and showers were down the hall!
People, people, people!
Do I look like the kind of person who would be OK with sharing bathrooms? [...]

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Contrasts

October 24, 2007

[tag]San Francisco[/tag] is a city that literally throbs. When you come from a small town it is almost sensory overload to visit here. Why do I love it so much? I’m not exactly sure. I’m claustrophobic, so you would think that this town teeming with people would drive me over the [...]

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Wish You Were Here

October 19, 2007

All my bags weren’t packed, I wasn’t ready to go. But I had to get myself packed. Wednesday was a whirlwind of activity, as we prepared to [tag]travel[/tag] to The City. That would be San Francisco. When I come to this vibrant place to visit my son, I feel like I’m [...]

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Thursday Thirteen—The Saga of the Hotel from Hell

May 23, 2007

Folks, I try really hard to get along with the world. I don’t get angry quickly, but when I do it isn’t pretty. I have told y’all that I travel for a living; I settle into my hotel room for a week, and that is my “sanctuary.” There isn’t anything glamorous about travel [...]

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Quick Travel Tip

April 18, 2007

Trying to [tag]travel[/tag] from New York to London? Google Maps can get you there. Go to Google.com because Yahoo can’t help you (Yahoo is always so unreliable). Click on “maps.” Then, click “get directions. Two boxes (for beginning location and ending location) will appear. Type “New York” in the [...]

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The Great Republic of Rough And Ready

April 15, 2007

There are folks who claim that we Texans are prone to bragging a bit. That, my friends, is an understatement. Any Texan worth her salt can expound until the cow’s come home about the virtues of The Lone Star State. You ain’t even gonna believe this, but I, myself, am quite capable [...]

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Zany Hotel in San Francisco

January 28, 2007

I realize that using the words “zany” and “San Francisco” in the same sentence may seem as if I am being redundant and repeating myself, also, too, as well. The City is a rather crazy place, which makes it my kind of town.
We often book our airline flights and hotels on Travelocity. Last summer we [...]

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Haunted Eureka

January 5, 2007

Yesterday I wrote that my husband and I chose to stay at The Crescent Hotel when we went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas for a visit. I said that we wanted local flavor and didn’t want the intimacy of a bed and breakfast. I lied. We stayed at The Crescent, because it’s haunted.
I confess that the [...]

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Eureka!…Eureka Springs, that is.

January 4, 2007

I’m looking out the window at a bleak Texas day. The sky is curdled and gray, the grass is wheat colored, and even the squirrels are hiding in their nests. It’s hard to believe that Spring Break is around the corner. At least it is for planning a vacation.
I have no idea what we may [...]

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