Monterey Makes Best 10 Wine Travel Destinations

10 best wine travel

Wine Enthusiast Magazine has come out with the Best 10 Wine Destinations for the upcoming year! Regions from around the globe were chosen not only on the wine produced in the area but also the culinary experiences and overall flavor of the area. Wine and food always taste better in regions that offer beautiful views [...]

How to Be a Travel Writer

Travel Writer's Handbook 7

Every year, bloggers gather for the travel blogger conference, TBEX. And every year, I read the travel bloggers’ tweets, wishing I was one of them. You may not know this about me, but one of my not-so-secret dreams is to write for Sunset Magazine from the back of an Airstream. A Sunset by-line and owning [...]

Staycation and Other McWords

McWords DailyActor

There are some words I can see or hear that bother me to no end. When I hear certain made up words, I get all rashy. I seriously start to itch. Anything written or said after one of these McWords is completely lost on me. All I hear is “mwah mwah mwah blah blah” because [...]

Vegas, Baby!!

Southwest Airlines at Blogworld

Blogworld was thirty-two different kinds of awesome this year. We started off with an awesome party at Liquid at Aria hotel. It’s always so much fun running into old friends and meeting new ones. My favorite moment though, had to be when I walked in and Brian Solis did a little “Woah hooo… Sugar JONES!!” [...]

Fresh from the Garden

RLP Flowers in the Garden

One of the fabulous experiences we had at Rancho La Puerta was to enjoy a hands-on cooking class at La Cocina que Canta (The Kitchen That Sings) with visiting chef, Robin Asbell. Under Robin’s watchful eye and with the help of the staff of La Cocina, our group prepared a wonderful pescetarian meal. (Pescatarian = [...]