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I’ve had a busy week of traveling, with a trip to Maui followed by a press trip to Bellingham. Maui was gorgeous, and it’s warm, sunny weather provided a much needed lift of my spirits. The Seattle rain can become a little depressing. The trip to Bellingham was one of discovery – discovering how much [...]
Following some imposed downtime, as a result of a previous rotator cuff and shoulder injury, I’ve been for the better part of three weeks. It is with great excitement today, then, that I’m able to take to the skies once again. Today I’ll be winging my was to Maui, hoping for a little sunshine and [...]
With five days of travel this past week, including a couple nights in Chicago and a trip to Denver, my spare time for reading was taken up with all that travel time. And, as much as I love my iPhone, I’m not much for following my feed reader on it. (Although it there’s a good [...]
It’s been a big news week! Between the huge earthquake and its aftershocks in Chile, to the tsunami warnings in Hawaii and Japan, there’s plenty of news to capture the attention of travelers. The devastation and disruption of life has been tremendous, and there is no diminishing the impact it has on travel plans. In [...]
It’s been a week of airline drama, with stories ranging from being “too fat to fly” to airlines having unfriendly family seating policies. There aren’t easy answers to these thorny issues, despite wishing it were so, and the balance of profitability and customer service keeps shifting. and lots of bloggers chimed in on the topic [...]
Before you get too engrossed with today’s 2010 Olympic Winter Games coverage, I invite you to spend some time with some great travel posts discovered this past week: Whether you’re an active traveler, a vicarious traveler, or an armchair traveler, you’ll find something to capture your imagination. Euro Cheapo suggests that sometimes the best choice [...]
It’s been a busy week for travelers, with increases in checked baggage charges, crazy passenger antics, and reports that travel will probably not be rebounding much in 2010. Those dedicated to travel still keep traveling, and writing about it, giving us lots to read this week: Intelligent Travel says farewell to Butterstick. Four and a [...]
I’ve been traveling most of this past week, with some time in Washington DC the first part and then some time in Spokane toward the end. Keeping up with my favorite travel bloggers is made easy with my feed reader, but nothing can compensate for a busy schedule with little time to read. This week’s [...]
The beginning of a new year seems to be the time for predicting trends, reflecting on the year past, and starting discussions on the “best” of the year gone by. Lately, there seems to be a lot of discussion centered around which are the “best” travel blogs, and when someone asks me that question, I [...]
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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