Creative Digital Tourism: Can’t Forget Italy

I adore artistic and creative tourism campaigns. The Can’t forget.it digital media campaign is one of the most beautiful I’ve seen in a long while, if ever. It makes me dream of going back to Italy. Congratulations to Matty Brown for winning the grand prize in the Digital Diary promotion by the tourism board in [...]

White sand and blue water at the Gulf Coast

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This past weekend was my birthday, and I was in sore need of some relaxing. I booked a room at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort and Spa, located inside the Sandestin Beach neighborhood of Florida’s South Walton beaches. My husband and I hit the road early Friday morning and left our worries behind. See the full [...]

Relaxing Retreats

Wine glass at Houmas House (c) Shannon Hurst Lane

I’ve been on a mission to find some of the most peaceful retreats and destinations spas around North America. I’ve also been fortunate to visit a good many of these places during the course of my travels over the past decade.  Here are few places that stand out for me. El Monte Sagrado in Taos, [...]

Traveling to Europe with my parents

A Bellini at Harry

This was written while on the Carnival Magic during her inaugural cruise. I lost track of time while writing and didn’t have time to publish while on the ship. I’m currently sitting on the balcony of my cabin onboard the Carnival Magic, the newest ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines’ fleet. This ship is a [...]

The Slanted Door in San Francisco

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Dreaming of Venice

At the end of this month I’m flying to Venice, Italy for the inaugural cruise of the Carnival Magic. I won’t have too much time to explore, but I’ll make the most of every moment I have there. While browsing around online I found this beautiful video on Vimeo that highlights the colorful island of [...]

Top 10 Family Travel Things to Do in New Orleans

Jackson Square Flickr image by WallyG

Everyone knows how much I love my state, Louisiana. The first place that enters a person’s mind when they hear the state name is New Orleans. Now, we all know there is more to the state than just New Orleans, but NOLA, as she is lovingly dubbed, is a city like no other on this [...]