Thanks to Peter Shankman’s Help a Reporter Out, more commonly known as HARO, I was recently able to help myself out and get in front of a reporter writing a story on girlfriend getaways. In what I thought would be a quick explanation of the weekend trips I have taken with my girlfriends, the conversation [...]
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
I stole that from one of my favorite bloggers- Franki Durbin of life in a venti cup.
Once a year she commits to a life tune-up because she “genuinely believes you have to design the life you want.”
Think about that for a second…so simple, but so true.
In a recent post, she invited her readers to join. [...]
I have been too focused on planning my days off from work around weddings throughout the rest of the year to realize that we are are only getting closer to Memorial Day and summer is just around the corner. Luckily, I have had some helpful people keep me in the loop when it comes to [...]
This weekend we celebrated Mike’s birthday out in the burbs- his mom made a delicious chicken parm dinner with an unbelievable mocha torte for dessert. She also let us know that she just made plans to fly out to Arizona again to visit her sister and that her flight was just a little over $200 [...]
I am getting anxious to take a trip, and the fact that Boston was hit with yet another snow storm yesterday and today, has me even more motivated. I have an unfortunate update on Stockholm but also some hopeful news about another weekend getaway with my girlfriends.
My friend Bryce was able to reach a human [...]
So I emailed the Malaysian Airlines using the address I cited and for some reason it didn’t work. Yesterday I called the phone number, but it lead me to their LA office and I was directed to call the NY office – however it was already closed for the day.
My goal is to find out [...]
My little link bureau this week will capture all of the fun contests and giveaway opportunities out there on the web, because I feel like there were so many this week. From the more elaborate, like full-blown job applications to the more simple like, posting a comment for a prize.
First, don’t forget about The Best [...]
Let’s not beat around the bush.
I am watching my budget like crazy and for some reason whenever I do that, it makes me want to travel even more. I am really good at making life harder for myself. This week, there were some great posts on how to travel on a budget, so if you [...]
This week, Camels & Chocolate alerted me to the fact that Virgin America’s Boston launch could mean some great deals out of Boston – she wasn’t kidding. But, Virgin America isn’t the only one offering travel deals lately…
Beginning 2/12/09 you can fly with Virgina America from BOS to SFO to LAX from only $139.00
Tips [...]
I am not letting go of the excitement over the inauguration of President Obama! I feel like it happened so fast and it never really sunk in, probably because I listened to most of the broadcast via headphones as the visual streamed in behind my Microsoft Outlook.
As I sat next to my TV last night, [...]
