For a good 10 years Blonde has contemplated the idea of doing a home exchange in order to travel more cheaply (financially, she's already quite cheap morally ) and stay longer in one place (sounds sexual too). But contemplating and actually doing it never got together (home exchange, that is) until meeting Nola of NewTakeTravel at the TBEX bloggers' conference in Girona, Spain … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Transportation: What options have we missed?
Brunette sent Blonde a smarty pants picture of Brunette sitting, smiling in a Bentley convertible in Florida yesterday. A friend who is in Morocco sent a picture of herself riding a camel (sort of). Blonde's friend who is staying with her (very) temporarily takes a train and a bus to work. Blonde uses her feet as much as possible followed by cabs then her car. So many ways to … [Read more...]
Is it time travel if you don’t know if you traveled in the time?
Huh? OK, that was an obtuse question for most people but for Blonde, it's a real question. Last Sunday Blonde spent 11 hours in the emergency department of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Why? Was she sick at her stomach? Did she have a high temperature? Had she broken her leg? Gone in to see if she actually has Tourette's? Ruptured her appendix? Was she having … [Read more...]
Inspiration from a visit to Canyon Ranch, Lenox, MA
Sometime in early fall of 2012 Blonde entered an online contest, sponsored by Pure Wow, for a free stay at Canyon Ranch. Both Blonde and Brunette have entered hundreds of vacation giveaways over the years never winning any and then within 6 weeks time Blonde won two - a trip to Puerto Rico and the one to Canyon Ranch. Bl and Br went to Puerto Rico in early December as that … [Read more...]
Places we’ve loved: Begur, Spain
Begur, and the surrounding area, is so charming, untouristy and beautiful that we have been hesitant to write about it. We are afraid that if we paint an accurate picture then more people like us might go there. But after the fabulous week we enjoyed in the region we reluctantly decided to be generous and let you in on what we discovered. Begur is in the heart of the Costa … [Read more...]
Breaking news: There is a heaven and a hell! ( Boston and Marco Island)
This what it looked like on February 9th outside Blonde's home in Boston. Blonde thought the driving ban in Massachusetts had been lifted so maybe she'd go survey the damage. Well, OK, maybe it's a good day for a bike ride. Well, you go can always go shopping in Boston. OK, maybe a walk in the park would be fun. Defeated, Blonde … [Read more...]
Places we love: Naples, Florida
Reformed Florida-basher (and now resident) Blonde and lifelong Florida-booster, Brunette, knew Naples would be featured in one of our "Places We've Loved" posts the moment we began to slobber into our bowls of smooth, creamy gelato from Barbatella's. Naples is the Kate Middleton of Florida: well-bred but not pretentious, pretty, smart and fun. Marco Island is Pippa but with … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique
This week's photo challenge was, well, challenging! How often is something truly unique? If you're pondering that question from either a scientific or intellectual viewpoint then you're reading the wrong blog. We were just trying to think of something clever to say about a photo and didn't want to enter a picture of a flower or something else lame (the way we usually do). So … [Read more...]