I honestly never thought I would be nominated for a Bloggie, let alone win two straight years in a row. Especially up against other awesome and influential bloggers like The Vacation Gals, A Traveler’s Library, Go Backpacking (who, as it turns out, I will be going backpacking with in Rwanda in two weeks!) and Internet [...]
Photo Friday: Macau, SAR of China
February 26, 2010 By 18 Comments
My most recent trip to Asia came at such a sleep-deprived period of high stress for me that my whole time there seems like it was merely some awesome dream. I had preconceived notions of Macau, sure: All you ever hear is the “Vegas of Asia.” I hate Vegas; thus, I didn’t have high expectations. [...]
The Age of Innocence
February 24, 2010 By 10 Comments
A week back in Birmingham and Memphis meant a week with this little angel, she of piercing blue eyes and a magnificent halo of boingy curls. Isn’t she divine? And a week with this little gal meant lots of photoshoots, which meant my final photography project was done on the first day. (Oh, I didn’t [...]
Photo Friday: San Sebastian, Spain
February 19, 2010 By 29 Comments
During my first stint writing a guidebook exactly four years ago, I got a bit of a crush. As SVV was already in the picture at that point, thank God the crush was not on a boy but a city. A city that, unfortunately, I was too busy soaking in the beauty and culture to [...]
Anchors Away: The Big 5-0
February 16, 2010 By 28 Comments
My sister has agreed (albeit begrudgingly) to stop by occasionally and blog her trip around the world via the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program. Unfortunately, Internet time on the ship is minimal, so this is the first chance she’s had to write something up about her four weeks and one day on the [...]
Photo Friday: Zaanse Schans, Netherlands
February 12, 2010 By 14 Comments
Back in the very beginning days of Scott + Kristin—in 2005, before there hardly was such a thing—we lived in Holland. I shared a bed with my best friend Megan in the attic of some horrid Surinamese woman’s home in Utrecht (I really must tell you that story one day); Scott lived a half an [...]
Win a Weekend Stay at Cambria Suites
February 8, 2010 By 194 Comments
Back during the whirlwind that was my autumn, I made a brief stopover in Colorado en route to New York City to check out a new hotel brand called Cambria Suites. To be frank, my expectations weren’t high. The hotel of mention was located out near Denver airport, and have you stayed at many an [...]
Photo Friday: Devil’s Gulch, California
February 5, 2010 By 10 Comments
I’ve had a lot of California-centric Photo Fridays lately but that’s because a) uh, I live here (duh) and b) even after two years, I still kind of can’t believe that this is my home. I mean, really, hardly a day goes by when I’m driving along the coast or passing a new city site [...]
Two Years
February 4, 2010 By 27 Comments
On Feb. 4, 2008, a slightly nervous Southern belle-cum-New Yorker, who was about as jittery as a coffee addict on his second week of withdrawal, boarded a JetBlue flight taking her away from all things she knew and which comforted her to a vast, unfamiliar landscape called California. She had no jobs lined up, no [...]
One Door Closes, a Gorilla Pops Out of Another
February 1, 2010 By 24 Comments
Last week was a helluva few days for many reasons but mainly because—hello—did you know moving sucks? We went to Mammoth this weekend for a very quick 48-hour work trip (SVV promises to blog our awesome time for me when the moving dust settles), which proved more stressful than not as we flew into San [...]
