February 11, 2012

Can You Be a Reporter at Sea?

What’s better than a wonderful cruise vacation?  A wonderful cruise vacation that’s FREE, of course! Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and USA Today newspaper have launched the Reporter at Sea contest, looking for a talented citizen journalist (blogger?) to cover the pre-inaugural voyage of the Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world. [...]

Winner: Las Vegas Trip & Spending Money

We have a winner in the contest for the Las Vegas getaway! Our winner is Gayle J, who left this comment: I have been to Las Vegas twice and still haven’t seen everything. I want to go to the Hard Rock Cafe and want to see the Blue Man group and of course gamble. Thanks. [...]

CONTEST: Win Airfare to Las Vegas on SWA & $150 Spending Money

Many of you followed along on my recent trip to Las Vegas, and my quest to find some G-Rated activities. Here are the top things that I found: Spent a day at the pool at Mandalay Bay.  Renting a cabana, and have a place to get out of the sun occasionally, made a 100+ degree [...]

CONTEST: Royal Holiday Vacation Club

Ah, vacation!  It conjures up all sorts of wonderful day dreams, grabs our attention and “forces” us to spend countless hours doing “research” on the internet at great travel blogs like Flyaway Cafe.    We pick up guidebooks, go to the library, we talk to friends.  Sometimes the planning is a great deal of the [...]

WINNER: Enchanted April DVD

The Enchanted April DVD will be winging its way out to Karen (who blogs at Thrifty Mommy) with her comment:   I have never been out of the US, so I’m sure any place in Italy would be great!   After watching this movie, you’ll be dying to go to Italy, I’m sure.  And yes, [...]

Score Big With Breeders’ Cup Contest

This weekend Santa Anita Race Track will host the the Superbowl of horse racing with the 2008 Breeders’ Cup. The Breeders’ Cup was started in 1982 as a year end event to honor the premiere horses in the sport.  Originally billed as the richest day in sports, Day 2 of the Breeders’ has now become [...]

Win a Year of Picnik Premium

I’ve been having lots of fun of fun playing with the new collage option of Picnik.  Of course, I wanted to share my “masterpiece” with you.  These photos are from the Rodin Museum in Paris, and show a part of the museum and its grounds, as well as a few of Rodin’s marvelous sculptures. Picnik [...]