Category Archives: Travel & Adventure

NOLA Quickie

Greetings!  Kevin and I just got back from a quick trip to New Orleans for Halloween.  The weekend flew by in this city full of history, unique architecture excellent food, hurricanes (tropical and of the over 21 variety), zombies, ghosts, …

24-Carat Windows?

Can you believe that the Trump Hotel Las Vegas is gilded with 24-Carat gold?  Me neither. Kevin and I just returned from four glamorous nights at this lavish resort…then again, it was Vegas. The lobby of the hotel was super sparkly …

Tourist in your own town

Last weekend Kevin and I decided to be tourists in our own town.  Kevin grew up in the city of Chicago and I lived there for about 7 or 8 years after growing up about 20 miles outside the city. …

La Fortuna & Monteverde, Costa Rica

Happy Monday Everyone!  It is officially summer and I have had vacation on my mind!  Every summer as a child my parents, brother and I would take a family vacation.  Whether it was the Wisconsin Dells or Disney World, we were …