Practical travel information for practical travelers
While I’m very much a big city gal, there is something special about getting away to a smaller beach community. It forces you to slow down your pace, wander and explore a little bit, and it’s a great way to enjoy a vacation as part of a real community, instead of being part of a [...]
I’m sitting in the rain here in Seattle, feeling wet and cold clear through to my bones. I’m not jetting away to any warm any time soon, so I’ve had to content myself with organizing some photos from warm places. It’s a stretch, I know, but it’s all I have to work with today. This [...]
A trip to Hawaii is a dream vacation for many, but choosing the islands for a vacation is only the beginning. Although the Hawaiian Islands are made up of many islands and atolls, along with smaller islets, when it comes to vacation, you’re probably talking about visiting one of the six main islands. Depending on [...]
I’m in the process of putting together my “bucket” list for travel destinations and experiences, and will be posting it in a couple of days. A bucket list is a list of those must-do and must-see things that you want (or need) to accomplish before you die. The expression comes from the movie The Bucket [...]
Special events call for special trips and destinations. And what could be more special than a vacation, with your closest family and friends, spent on a private island? Not a hotel, not even an exclusive resort, but an entire island with luxurious accommodations that will celebrate a special life occasion in style. You don’t have [...]
I’m just back from Cancun, Mexico, and despite dire warnings and precautions from lots of well meaning friends and acquaintances, Mexico held no fear for me. First off, let me address the swine flu issue, and why that didn’t concern me. As an adult in good health, with no immune system issues nor other special [...]
Today’s Matchbook Monday comes compliments of Kevin Crain, the reservation manager at Villa Verano. I met Kevin at a trade show last year, and although I have not had the opportunity to visit his property, I’ve had my eye on it for awhile. Villa Verano is a vacation rental located in the most elite residential [...]
Tax day is here, and this always makes me think of those scofflaws who hide all sorts of money and assets in the Cayman Islands. Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching too many movies, but some year on Tax Day I want to be in the Caymans. The Cayman Islands consist of three British Crown [...]
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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