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Cramming an Inordinate Amount of Stuff into a Bag
I’m a packing machine. I could stuff an elephant into a matchbox if I had to. Packing for me is like playing Tetris; everything must fit just right for it to work. This skill is necessary for a chronic...
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Money Talks: How I Save for Travel
I often get asked how I’m able to afford to travel like I do since it seems as if I’m constantly jetting off somewhere. Of course for someone with a severe case of wanderlust, I can never travel...
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Three Things I’ll Miss about Prague
I normally research a place to death prior to visiting, but I made it a point not to do that with Prague. In fact, I pretty much went into it blindly. Of course there were a few things I already knew...
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It Rained the Day I Left Paris
Grey. Bleak. Sad. The weather of my last day in Paris matched my mood. How apropos. My alarm rattled me out of bed far too soon. It took a minute for it all to sink in. I wasn’t going to the café...
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12 Favorite Posts from 2012
One of my favorite things about the time between Christmas and New Year’s are the end-of-the-year countdowns. Whether it be music, movies, most-shocking celebrity moments, or biggest news events, I’m a...
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My Four Must-Dos Prior to International Travel
I’ve been traveling non-stop the last three months, and I’ve come to realize that preparing to travel is one of the things I dread most right behind cleaning bathrooms. Bleh! After so many trips,...
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More Travel. Less Excuses.
We all have our vices and mine happens to be travel. I’m willing to be groped, felt up, and prodded for the privilege of getting on a plane. Scan me. Take nude pictures. Limit my liquids to...
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My @GoWithOh Euro Apartments Review
If you followed my Go with Oh tour last November, you know of my exploits across Europe. The incredible experience I had was made better by sharing it with my travel-partner-in-crime, Lola. It was...
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My Top 10 Dishes from @FourSeasons Europe
Lately I’ve been accruing frequent flyer miles like I do shoes–obsessively and with abandon. Europe has been the object of my desire, and I must say, I’m definitely smitten. I’ve become impassioned by...
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Jump or Get off the Ledge aka I Quit my Job
A safe distance from the edge, I looked out and saw green grass, rolling hills, and beautiful blue skies. I looked below and saw a river; my heart began to pound. This was real. My shins were...
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A Devil of a River in Texas
In order to get to heaven, sometimes you have to go through hell to get there. That’s certainly true when it comes to the Devils River. To say that the location of this 94-mile-long river is...
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10 Dishes I Adore
I love Fridays for a number of reasons, but this Friday is extra special. Why? It’s because I’m co-hosting my first ever #FriFotos on Twitter. What’s that you ask? Well, it’s an internationally...
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Three Annoying Travel Costs I always Forget
Even the best accountant can miss costs. I’m not claiming to be one of those, but I can usually guesstimate how much I’m going to spend on a trip. I’m not talking about stuff like Starbucks at the...
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Giving Back: Holidays for Heroes
Everyone deserves a holiday and none more so than those who have risked their lives for their country or community. While most travelers have been saving money, these heroic folks have been saving...
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Ways to Earn Free Travel through Credit Cards
I’ll never forget the first time I bought an airline ticket using reward miles. I felt like I’d won the lottery. Never mind I saved for years to accumulate those 100,000 miles. I’ve gotten a bit...
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Do You Want to @GoWithOh Next?
It’s finally that time. My Go with Oh Euro trip is about to begin. It’s been nearly six months since I was announced as the winner of their blogger competition, but it feels like yesterday. Months of...
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Summer Lovin’ @Triptease Style
I’ve loved summer as long as I can remember. As a kid it meant fresh-cut grass, days that seemed to last forever, the ice cream truck, and most importantly—no school! As an adult, summer hasn’t lost...
View ArticleRidiculously Bad 80s Movies & How they Inspired me to Travel
As a kid I was addicted to television–I’m talking like that cowboy kid on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I know I wore out at least one VCR and four VHS tapes during the whole of the 80s. My...
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Ten Iconic Landmarks from around the World
From giant monuments and grand old buildings to ancient structures, certain global landmarks have come to define entire nations and cultures. Travelers come from all over the world just to see these...
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Two Things to Love about Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Being born and raised in Texas, I feel that I’m qualified to make the following sweeping and over generalized statement about how Texans feel about Mexico. Mexico is like a sibling and no matter how...
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