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My Journey to Nashville and How I Survived My Flight Cancellation
As I sit here on the first day of Spring, watching it snow (yet again), it brings me back to two weeks ago and my journey to Nashville for the BAM 2015 conference. What started out as a three-hour trip (cue the Gilligan's Island music) ended up being a thirteen hour...
Three Reasons Why You Should Use the Tripit App for Travel Planning
One of my super powers is trip planning. I go into this mode where I manage everything to the n'th degree. In the past, I would plan my trip, print everything out and create my travel binder. Yes, I had a binder with everything from boarding passes to road maps. If I...
A Sneak Peek at the The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
It's not often that I can get my husband to watch a movie that doesn't have flesh eating zombies or car chases. "Chick flicks" are not his thing. Most of the time I end up sitting alone in a theater or in front of my TV crying in my popcorn. Occasionally, because he...
Five Things to Do on Grand Turk
First, little about Grand Turk Island Grand Turk Island is one of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is only one and a half miles wide by seven miles long (6.9 sq mi). Grand Turk contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town. The has the second largest population of...
In My Own Backyard: Philadelphia Street Art
I'm lucky, I live in an area that is relatively close to a lot of cool places. To the north is the Poconos, a little more than an hour a way is Manhattan and to the south is Philadelphia. All these destinations are close enough for a day trip but sometimes we make a...
How I Found My Travel Blogging Mojo at TBEX Athens
"Who wants to go to TBEX with me?" A little over a month ago my friend, Momfluential's Ciaran Blumenfeld, posted a status on Facebook that went something like, "I'm going to TBEX in Athens, who wants to come with me?" I sat there staring at the screen thinking, "Can I...
Have You Waterlogued’ Yet?
Full disclosure, I am a bit of an app junky. I love to play with filters and apps to enhance and tranform my photos. I have heard people say that this is "cheating" but I disagree. Using these tools are just that "tools," no different than a brush or a pallate knife....
Welcome to the Travelblonde blog!
Since this is my first post I thought it might me a good idea to fill you in on what this blog is all about. I love to travel, I always have. When I was a kid we traveled throughout California and the US. I have many happy memories of coming home from school to find...
