For several years Blonde has been "planning" to do a home exchange. This planning has entailed thinking that it would be really cool if someone with a fabulous place contacted Blonde and said "we would be honored to have you come stay at our castle in the glorious location you've been dreaming of and in return can we maybe sleep at your place in Boston one night"? Blonde would … [Read more...]
Pathetic year-end Facebook fan page begging
Did you know that we have a Facebook page? Did you care? Regardless of your answers we need you to help us meet our year-end goal of 100 "likes" on our page. Admittedly the word "need" is perhaps an exaggeration. However, in terms of our egos and efforts we want to end the year on a bang and this is the only kind we have a chance of getting....if you know what we mean. We … [Read more...]
Lessons learned this year..Part 3 in a series: War + Eggplant + Sister = Inspired Product Design
If you’re a steady reader of this blog you know to expect decorum, gentle language and deeply held religious convictions. But not here. This blog (the blog itself , not the writer) is very poorly behaved and will cement that reputation with this post. This past September Blonde and Brunette attended the TBEX travel bloggers’ conference in Girona, Spain. Many truly wonderful … [Read more...]
Lessons learned this year……Part 2 in a series: We will do anything to try to win a contest
There was once a time when Blonde had more trouble coming up with the time than the money to travel. My how things have changed! And with more time there's only more desire for travel so the obvious, most practical solution is to plan on winning contests to fund the trips and travel goodies desired! Brunette is the contest-finding equivalent of a drug-sniffing dog so unearths … [Read more...]
Lessons learned this year……Part 1 in a series: Other species
For many people the end of the year is a time for reflecting on the previous twelve months and making well-intentioned resolutions relative to the next twelve months. They realize that material possessions don't bring true happiness, that aging naturally is beautiful and that there's more good than bad in most people. They resolve to be leaner, nicer, healthier and to finally … [Read more...]
Places we’ve loved: Nafplion, Greece
Nafplion has many charms but one them is not its name which can be spelled as Nafplion, Nafplio, Navplion, Nauplia, Anapli, or Ναύπλιο (the easiest for Americans to pronounce and spell). The Greeks could probably make a big dent in all of that debt if they could sell their excess town names to some underdeveloped country that is going to otherwise going to have to come up … [Read more...]
Our entries for Traveldudes #PeoplePics contest
This young man - Leaky - was one of the helpers on a wonderful boat trip with Caicos Dream Tours from Grace Bay Beach to Half Moon Bay in Turks and Caicos. When we got near Half Moon Bay Leaky started to dive for conch shells to give to the people on the boat. It wasn't as if the conchs were everywhere - he dove and dove to find them. We are only used to seeing young men exert … [Read more...]
Kayaking Collision Course in Puerto Rico
Blonde and Brunette promiscuously enter travel contests. We enter contests as often as Hugh Hefner wishes he entered all of those silicone-breasted 22 year olds who litter his mansion. After years of entering contests Blonde recently won a free trip for two to Puerto Rico. One of the included activities was a kayak tour of the Nature Reserve of Las Cabezas de San Juan’s … [Read more...]
Places we’ve loved: Cappadocia, Turkey
This is the first of a sporadic series of posts highlighting places we've been to and found to be especially memorable and enjoyable. Whenever either of us is asked where's the most interesting place we've traveled we answer "Cappadocia". If you aren't familiar with it Cappadocia is a region in Turkey. (It is also a region in Turkey if you are familiar with it come to think of … [Read more...]
I want to ‘Go with Oh’ to Berlin
[slideshow]Why should Go with Oh select two frayed around the edges American sisters to represent them in four cities of Europe, beginning with Berlin, this coming Spring? Some of the many self-serving valid business reasons that come to mind are: We are old enough to remember East Germany and the fall of the Berlin Wall (aka the ‘Anti-Fascist Protection Barrier"). And, … [Read more...]