But I must admit there was one thing I was excited to do during my very first time at a casino – throw some quarters in a machine, pull a lever, watch my luck flash before my eyes and hope that millions of dollars would come spilling out faster than my hands could grab it. [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
I’d like you to meet Lucy the elephant…
She is a little tourist attraction between OC and AC in Jersey. She used to be a hotel and now she is a museum. I had seen her on t-shirts before, but never understood the story or where she came from.
She has definitely had a pretty interesting life.
In September during one of my first years in college in Philly, my South Jersey friends took me “down the shore” for the first time. On the way down, I asked them what it was like and they told me there were numbered streets, wooter ice, funnel cake (aka fried dough) and of course, a [...]
I am finalizing my Costa Rica trip in December and from what I hear there is going to be some pretty crazy wild life.
The last time I really saw some wildlife was at the San Diego Zoo last year. While the animals weren’t roaming free like they will be in Costa Rica, they were pretty [...]
Sometimes things look prettier in a tiny little screen, in the dark. But if you look closely, you can find the character in there somewhere. It’s all in your perspective…
Remember when I went to the Boston Globe Travel Show and all of a sudden I kept getting calls saying I won a free trip to anywhere? The catch was that in order to earn what I had allegedly won, I had to go watch a presentation at a hotel in the middle of nowhere [...]
Once again, it is officially Blog Action Day 2009 and this year’s focus is on climate change.
A new U.N. environment report revealed that healthy oceans are one of the keys to combating climate change and preventing the destruction of marine life could help offset between 3 to 7 percent of current fossil fuel emissions. As [...]
If you haven’t heard, rugby sevens is officially an Olympic Sport. And as you probably know, I love rugby so this news makes me pretty happy.
A whole new world was opened for me when I joined the women’s team at SJU. Before college, I didn’t even know what a rugby ball looked liked.
I had [...]
To many, a pineapple symbolizes hospitality. To me, it’s a tea kettle.
Last weekend, whilst dress shopping, my mom and I stopped in to visit her cousin, as she lives in the area. We came unannounced and despite the surprise, the water in her tea kettle was practically boiling before we had a chance to sit [...]
The menu says it all. The newly opened Trina’s Starlight Lounge is a Southern-style restaurant that has a retro feel and a hip atmosphere. The buzz created before the official opening was incredible and for that reason alone, I knew I wanted to go.
To celebrate, my friends and I checked it out last week and [...]
