Need sunshine and 80 degree weather in January? Puerto Rico. Love Bad Bunny? Puerto Rico. Like blue bricks? Puerto freaking Rico. You wouldn’t think seasonal depression would be a thing when you live in the sunshine state but, north Florida had been gray and windy for a month and was expecting snow. SNOW. I was…
Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque: shopping, cosplay games, and elf magic
1. You enter through an underground mall. Yeah, I didn’t see that coming either. You take an escalator down and you’ll find yourself in a large mall with restaurants and shops galore. My jaw dropped in both wonder and confusion. You follow well-done signage through a tunnel – not like a dark, dingy escape route…
Side Quests in Dubai: Brunch Culture, Expo City, and a Mad Max Rest Stop
When you hear about Dubai, people mention deserts, futuristic buildings, landmarks, and shopping. The Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building and averages 17 million visitors a year. While that and so many other buildings are superlative-laden: tallest, leaning-est, most spiraling, I ended up having interesting side quests that I didn’t have in my itinerary….
Washington, DC for boozehound-y writers
Expecting a three day layover in DC after my flight from Abu Dhabi and on the way back to Florida, I started looking at places to stay and things to do. I quickly noticed a very easy literary theme and made some plans. While I ended up having to change my trip and head directly…
Chicago: POV 20 year old girls
This is what the cool kids did on the trip.
Three women in Chicago for 46 hours
Why does that sound ominous? It wasn’t. It was delightful. Here’s a Deep Dish on how I spent my weekend on my first-ever trip to Chicago. I don’t know how I slept on this town for so long. I am not an ambitious see-everything-on-the-list traveler so my itinerary is never aggressive. I like to walk…