A Traveler’s Gift Guide
I love receiving gifts, but I also love giving a most carefully figured out gift to just the right person. I’ve gotten into many an argument over gift registries because I don’t like being told what to...
View ArticleZarela Martinez Creates an International Thanksgiving Feast
The holidays are a time of excess. We spend too much, we decorate too much, and we promise too much, we eat too much. And then we complain too much that we promised to make something amazing to eat,...
View ArticleSMW Immersion Travel: Learn How to Mush!
When I was planning an outdoor adventure travel trip that required driving from Weston, Connecticut to Denali National Park, Alaska, my mother Ruthie asked me, “Isn’t there someone who’d like to go...
View ArticleCelebrity Chef Recipe: Steamed Fish with Scallions and Ginger
From celebrate chef Anita Lo: Steamed Fish with Scallions and Ginger Ingredients: -1 x 2# whole fish, scales removed, gutted and scored (such as seabass) -Salt and pepper -1/4 cup soy -2 Tbsp. peanut...
View ArticleWomen-Friendly Hotels
Sports bars off the reception area. Lousy room service. Bellboys who leer. All great reasons for women to regret any bed but their own. Okay….maybe. Or at least any bed in a hotel. Want a hotel for...
View ArticleBeating the Single Supplement Fees
Faced with the grim reality that a much needed getaway hangs in the balance only if you pay double for it makes you wonder, Which is more stressful – staying home or writing that check? What’s a single...
View ArticleChanging Lanes: The Drive to Dingle
There are a few significant moments in a woman’s life when she feels like she can conquer the world: graduating from high school/college, getting your first promotion, buying your first home, walking...
View ArticleA Volunteer Vacation Can Trump the Eat, Pray, Love Adventure
Eat, Pray, Love. Each of the title words of both the book and the movie represents a stage in author Elizabeth Gilbert’s year-long journey, one for each of Gilbert’s three destinations—pasta in Italy,...
View ArticlePeople, Places and Things by Michelle Pompier
Have you ever wanted to travel, but did not have anyone to travel with you? Well who says you cannot travel on your own? This is what Michelle decided to do. Michelle was a single woman in her...
View ArticleSave the World and Deduct the Cost
Planning your next vacation? Plan to take a bite out of global warming, erase some of your carbon footprint, save the whales or create a better habitat for humanity! Volunteer vacations (trips where...
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