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No Purse Necessary; Time For My Scottevest!

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I’m not the backpack type. At my age, they look dumb. And they seriously tweak my back. For times that I want/need to carry a lot of stuff purse-free (like Paris), I’ve used my Scottevest trench coat. Yet what about hot, sweaty travel? Now I have THE RIGHT VEST.

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Ride the Metro Expo Line from Culver City to the LA Convention Center and Other Fun Spots

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New Yorkers, don’t laugh. San Franciscans, no snickering. Atlantans, give us some pity. We Angelinos don’t know what to do with our Metro line.  Is it a subway? Is it a train? CORN-fusing to natives addicted to our cars.

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Santa Monica to Carmel ~ Foodie Road Trip!

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Nine hours – home to destination. Drive, stop, eat, shop, sightsee, gas up again, go!  Print this post out. Tuck it in your “California road trip” file.  Good eats on the horizon.

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“Think Pink” ~ Where to Stay in Carmel By The Sea

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The Hofsas House is a boutique family-owned inn in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, run by savvy proprietress Carrie, granddaughter of founder Donna. The inn is famously PINK, and a perfect destination for a girlfriend getaway.

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Why Girlfriend Getaways Are A Necessity

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This is the first installment of a series inspired by a recent Girlfriend Getaway to Carmel-by-the-Sea with fellow food and travel bloggers, Dorothy of Shockingly Delicious and Erika of In Erika’s Kitchen.

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Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda. You Read That Right

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That is a silverback gorilla. But he isn’t the entire reason I have the look of fear on my face. It’s because I am holding on for dear life to not slip down the mountain,  basically how I felt all this day.  Because, to be honest, we DID fall a lot.  But that is part [...]

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Why I Luv Hampton Inns

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This gal has stayed at some swanky hotels from Paris’ Hotel de Crillion (twice!), to a six-room suite in a Ritz Carlton, and a good number of Four Seasons (thanks, fat-cat PR client Kahlua), … but now, I go on record:  I luv Hampton Inns.  We just hit yet another…

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Hot In Cleveland? Actually, It’s Really COOL

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“Cleveland?!?” Typical response when we’d tell someone of our next trip. It required rationalization: “Larry has wanted to visit the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame for a really long time.” We figured three nights would be all the time needed… wrong! Friends and native Clevelanders, Barbara and Bill, crunched a month’s worth of activity [...]

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“The Sweet Life” is in Cleveland ~ Little Italy’s La Dolce Vita Bistro

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The tomatoes sit on a vintage flower pot stand on the sidewalk. In LA, they would have disappeared in a heartbeat, but in Cleveland’s Little Italy, they stay put… right out front of bistro La Dolce Vita. How did two Angelinos stumble on this culinary gem? By tagging along with restaurant reviewer friend, Barbara Snow, [...]

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Wordless Wednesday ~ Lava Formations on Galapagos’ Bartolome Island

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Traveling With A Group ~ Pack Your Teamwork

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We’ve taken maybe 9 or 10 group tours now – a few to Asia, some to Europe, a fourth coming up to Africa, Cuba over the holidays and just this month, Machu Picchu and the Galapagos. It’s curious how many friends tell me they “aren’t ready” to travel with a group (smacks of AARP-ish-ness to [...]

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Travel Must-Have ~ My Teensy Eyeglass Tool Kit

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There are people who take trips, and people who travel. And then there are Seasoned Travelers. This year alone, we rang in the New Year in Havana, Cuba.  Mid-year trek to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos. Thanksgiving, visit Africa a fourth time, this one to see the Rwandan gorillas. Seasoned travelers carry useful stuff…

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Eating & Drinking in Cuba ~ Good Eats But Pack a Bottle of Hot Sauce

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“The food in Cuba is not so good,” said a friend who’s been.  Liar!!  I found plenty of awesome eats and washed it all down with copious amounts of rum. Here’s my photo gallery of eating in Cuba. Beans, rice, chicken, beef, lobster, shrimp, soup, salad, fruit, ice cream, eggs, pasta, pizza, ham, pork, plantains, [...]

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