Perth, Australia is a place you should go on purpose! You know how sometimes you go one place just as a means to get somewhere else? Say you go to a party at a homely poor girl's house because the beautiful heiress you want to hit on is going to be there. Once there you realize that you prefer the homely poor girl. No, we can't imagine that either so we may have to drop this … [Read more...]
Home Exchange? Home Away?
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...]
Two not-so-little-anymore girls want something from you for Christmas
Due to the totally lame pictures entered in this contest (including ours) we actually have a chance to win 12 days in the Cayman Islands with your help! This is a minor pain because you have to go to Facebook to do it but just think of the good snarky posts we could write for you from the Cayman Islands! This picture was taken on Captiva Island in Florida and Brunette … [Read more...]
Places we’ve loved: Rovinj, Croatia
Brunette reads travel magazines with the same feverish interest Rupert Murdoch brings to listening to other people's meant-to-be-private phone conversations. A couple years ago she read an itinerary in Sherman's Travel for a trip from Venice to Dubrovnik and proposed a sisterly sojourn. All such proposals get approved. We chose our travel dates and planned to do as much of the … [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...]