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How To Save Money on Your Vacation Food Budget

September 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Food expenses are a major budget consideration when planning your vacation, and while you can’t eliminate the expense, there are lots of things you can do to keep it as low as possible.  Here are some ideas to keep in mind: Book accommodations that have a kitchen.  Whether it’s staying at a condo, an extended-stay [...]

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Flyaway Cafe’s Travel Favorites 9-14-09

September 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

It’s been a busy week of travel, and I’ve had a lot of my plate this week, but I still found some good travel posts to share with you.  Enjoy your afternoon with this variety of travel information: Luxuo introduces us to a new type of architecture, a house built out of the iconic Louis [...]

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Drive Out Hunger Tour

September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Hunger doesn’t get a vacation.  It’s doesn’t get a stay-cation, or even a day off.  It is, unfortunately a 24/7 experience.  September is Hunger Action Month, and while it’s a shame that we have to have a month to focus on hunger, I am excited about companies who are doing something to make hunger in [...]

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Learn the Heimlich Maneuver

September 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

You’re in a restaurant and see someone choking on a burger, do you know what to do?  You see a child choking on a piece of candy, do you know what to do?  You’re at the beach and see someone on the chaise lounge next to you gasping for breath and looking like they can’t [...]

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Matchbook Monday: Dubrovnik, Croatia

August 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I picked up this matchbook earlier this summer when I was visiting Croatia.  There is still a fair amount of smoking is this country, and it is not looked down on as much as it is elsewhere.  Since many of the restaurants where we ate were outdoors, it didn’t seem too overwhelming, however it was [...]

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Poll: Did You Take a Summer Vacation?

August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment

With back to school only a couple short weeks away, summer vacation time in dwindling.  Did you do any traveling this summer?  Or are you expecting to do some? Typically, I stick pretty close to home during the summer.  After all, it’s a great time to be in Seattle.  But this summer I took a [...]

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Flight Attendant Friday: Vacation Time

July 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Now that I’m back from vacation, Flight Attendant Friday is back, too.  This is the chance to ask me any questions you’d like about what it’s like to work as a Flight Attendant, the processing of getting hired, training, what the job is really like, and the lifestyle of not having a 9 to 5 [...]

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Postcard from Dubrovnik, Croatia

July 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

One of the highlights of my vacation has been the opportunity to visit Dubrovnik, Croatia. I’ve been interested in Dubrovnik for years, long before Croatia separated from the former Yugoslavia.  The area was, at least I was led to believe, the area the maternal side of my family hailed from. I have lots of restaurant, [...]

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Matchbook Monday: Villa Verano

April 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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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 [...]

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Matchbook Monday: Playa Mazatlan Hotel

January 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Today’s Matchbook Monday is one that I picked up on a visit to Mazatlan just awhile back.  The Playa Mazatlan is one of the few hotels that I’ve been to recently that still allows smoking in the rooms. Playa Mazatlan is located in the Golden Zone (or Zona Dorada, if you prefer), an area on [...]

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