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Homebody of the World: How to have foreign experiences close to home

by kim on February 10, 2012Share this post:

So you know I didn’t come up with that title to get any search engine love. No siree, I came up with it because in the middle of winter in the Midwest, I’m a homebody. The days are short and cold and gray and, although you’d think I’d be dying to get away right now…I’m [...]

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Miami: Things to Do, Places to See, Where to Sleep

by kim on December 23, 2011Share this post:

I hadn’t expected to be blogging about Miami, but I was channel surfing in the Travel Channel neighborhood last night, and I caught a glimpse of the pastel, Art Deco streetscape that is unmistakably South Beach. Anthony Bourdain was behind the wheel of a mid-life-crisis-red Ferrari on his new show, The Layover. I’d been curious [...]

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Today, the annual travel blogger fundraiser, Passports with Purpose (#PwP), reached the halfway mark toward its $80,000 fundraising goal. The money will be used to build two libraries in Zambia through nonprofit Room To Read. Halfway is great, and $40K is no small piece of change, but…it’s still only halfway. You still have time to [...]

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