Making Travel Fun

Southwest Flight Attendant Rap

Even though this was posted on Youtube over a year ago, this is the first time I’ve seen it. And I immediately had to post it so all of you can enjoy it as well. This is so great! I hope I fly on this guy’s plane sometime. Happy Friday everyone!

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Fun Passport Cover

a close-up of a wallet

I love this passport cover from Modcloth. It is irreverent, not too dignified, and super cute. It will also make you laugh–something that is becoming increasingly important while traveling these days. A great gift for the Road Warriorette in your life!! I think this blurb from The Frisky says it all: “This passport holder is…

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My Sister’s Cats Love My Suitcase

two cats looking at a suitcase

I just arrived in Chicago for the weekend to visit my sisters. I settled in to my older sister’s condo, putting my suitcase in the guest room and then getting out the laptop to get some work done. For most of the morning, the kitties (Mr. Freeze is gray, Corey is orange) wandered around me,…

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How To Pack for a Four Day Trip–Vegas Style

a cityscape with a tall tower

Tomorrow the Home Warrior and I leave for Vegas. We are very excited about our long weekend! We finally get to go somewhere together, plus we love Vegas in general. The shows, the food, the blackjack, the people watching, the blackjack, the carnival-like atmosphere, and did I mention blackjack? When we went to Vegas last…

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Things I Want

a white shirt on a mannequin

I am currently in Pittsburgh, practically ground zero for Snowmaggedon 2010.  I look outside, where I refuse to drive because the ground is covered in many feet of snow and I am from Texas so I don’t know how to drive in snow. Maybe it is my (somewhat?) perverse personality, but because I can’t go…

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Seeing the City You’re In

a baseball game in a stadium with Fenway Park in the background

It can be hard. You fly in Monday night, have meetings all day Tuesday, fly out Wednesday morning. Clearly there is not a lot of recreational time in that schedule. Be that as it may, one of my Travel Resolutions for this year is to see more of the cities I am visiting. I ran…

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