Travel

Earlier this month I left my husband. That is, I left him to take a trip with our daughter to celebrate nearly completing her first year of graduate school. Desiring Perugia’s peaceful tranquility sans jetlag,…

Eating competitions are a distinctly American pastime, and no state does the food-filled frenzy better than Iowa. After all, the Midwestern state is home to the Iowa State Fair, one of the largest and most…

Koh Samui is the second biggest island that can be found in Thailand. The exact meaning of its name is unknown because while Koh is Thai for “island,” there is no real consensus on what…

As I routinely travel 100,000+ miles a year, I am always on the lookout for new and improved items to make my traveling life easier. Several of these products debuted at the International Travel Goods…

No matter what it could be, an upgrade always sounds better and appealing. In the world of hotel stays and reservations, an upgrade could mean many things. In the simplest sense, a hotel upgrade could…

What is it about waterfalls that draws people to them? They’re often isolated and difficult to reach as they nestle among lush landscapes and high cliffs falling into deep valleys or turbulent rivers. Waterfalls heighten…

Ojai, California was recently surrounded by a ring of fire. The locals say the town was saved due to their 7 vortexes. Some say it was because they housed and fed the firefighters for free,…