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Photo: courtesy of Rachamankha Hotel
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March 20, 2012, No comments

Upon arrival to the Rachamankha Hotel in the old city of Chiang Mai, Thailand, it is easy to tell what the experience has in store. Set off of the street [...]

Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort

Escape of the Week: Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort

February 7, 2012, 26 Comments

“D” and “skiing” are not used in sentences together. I’m fairly confident the last time I put skis on and raced down a m ...

It a Blackberry photo, which means it's no good. But, you get the point. The lobby of Glow.

Facial bliss at Tropicana’s Glow, a Mandara Spa

February 5, 2012, 14 Comments

Review of Glow, a MANDARA Spa, at Tropicana Las Vegas’ Glo2 Facial “It’s been, uh, awhile, since I had a facial,” I tell my es ...

The pink speckled trunk of a lucky Asian elephant at Elephant Nature Park.

Travel Bloggers Give Back: The Elephant Nature Park

December 4, 2011, 27 Comments

I will never forget the first time I reached my hand out and touched the pink-speckled trunk of an Asian elephant. Towering over me, this beautiful gi ...

  • So. Cute.
    Sleeping in Napa Valley
    August 11, 2011, 14 Comments

    The first time I visited Napa, over President’s Day Weekend in 2008, I became enamored. The lush, green rolling hills. The yellow blossoms of mustard carpeting the ground not occupied [...]

  • Our first stop: The Taco Guys
    The San Francisco Foodgasm: Off the Grid
    August 1, 2011, 20 Comments

    Living in Las Vegas means there are tons of amazing food options. You name it, we’ve got it. Five-star restaurants. Michelin rated. Celeb chefs with numerous outlets across town. But, [...]

  • Funky purple lighting is just one thing I love about  my new favorite airline.
    A Virgin America Virgin
    July 24, 2011, 18 Comments

    I could see the purple glow before I even got close to the door of the plane. Oh, sweet Virgin America airplane. How I have waited for you. Slowly, slowly, [...]

  • A small sampling of the desserts at Wicked Spoon
    The Las Vegas Foodgasm: Wicked Spoon
    June 27, 2011, 17 Comments

    Katie and I wandered through the  halls of Cosmopolitan’s second floor, en route to Wicked Spoon, passing by tourists posing inside of larger-than-life shoes and walls adorned with art. We [...]

  • Touring the Mostar region
    October 14, 2010, 2 Comments

    “Hi D!” Katie typed into Facebook chat as I sat at Madja’s Friday night. “I’m coming to Mostar tomorrow!” Sweet! “Cool, I will be on the tour all day — [...]

  • The Fez night bus of discomfort
    September 10, 2010, 9 Comments

    “All aboard,” Scotty said, standing outside the Fez bus as a group of 16 of us loaded ourselves in. It was 8 p.m. and we were leaving Olympos, headed to [...]

  • Summer camp for grownups
    September 6, 2010, 4 Comments

    A few hours after my para-falling incident, the Fez Bus pulled into Kadir’s Tree Houses, the first “tree houses” to open in Olympos, Turkey. There had been a fire earlier [...]

  • The best food. Ever.
    August 12, 2010, 5 Comments

    I have never been a foodie. I am too picky of an eater to really go all out and sample delicacies the world over. If you asked me a year [...]