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Today is May 1st, and depending on where you are in the world, the significance of the day runs for substantial to relatively unimportant. When I was a kid, growing up in a small town, May day was a day of leaving flowers – anonymously – on neighbor’s doorsteps. We’d gather up brightly colored construction [...]
Brand USA officially launched at this past week’s USTA PowWow in Los Angeles. Brand USA was created in 2010 to encourage travelers from all over the world to visit the United States. The public-private marketing entity works in close partnership with the travel industry to maximize the economic and social benefits of travel in communities [...]
I’ve been busy with a few travel-related projects, and I’m excited to fill you in on one of them. I’ve been named the Conference Director for TBEX. I’m going to take this minute to brag on this opportunity a bit, and to fill in many of you unfamiliar with TBEX, and so will just publish [...]
World Water Day was March 22nd, and while I’m a couple of days later with this post, I still want to pay homage to the clean drinking water that I enjoy. And often take for granted. (There are certainly things each of us can do to develop, protect, and sustain access to clean water.) Water [...]
Everyone’s Irish for a day. Will you be wearing the green? Photo credit: FreeDigitalPhotos.net Share on Facebook
A day of love and caring, this video seemed a fitting tribute to Valentine’s Day. May your travels be full of people to love and care about, and may you always return to them safely. Happy Valentine’s Day! Share on Facebook
Last year around this time I published my bucket list – a stream of conscious list of things I wanted to do, places to go, and things to see. I knew it was pretty ambitious; it was meant to be. Instead of having all these ideas rolling around in my head, I wanted to put [...]
2012. Really? It’s 2012 already? At times it seemed like it would never get here, while other times I wanted a few more hours in a day and days in a week. I’m taking some much enjoyed time off over the holiday season, but I’ll be back into the swing of traveling in just a [...]
From me to you, best wishes for the very merriest Christmas and the happiest holiday season! Photo credit: SXC Share on Facebook
It’s customary to think about the things we are thankful for at Thanksgiving time, and I suppose I’m not one to break with tradition. I do know, however, that I need to celebrate those things for which I am thankful on a more every day basis, so let today be day one – day one [...]
In addition to traveling, Mary Jo likes lingering over a cup of coffee, wandering in a museum, sipping wine at a cafe, enjoying a relaxing massage, and sharing it all with friends and readers.
Her most recent travels were to Portugal and Italy.
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