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MEXICO: Solo Travel to Cabo San Lucas
One Woman Dares to Solo Travel to Cabo San Lucas UPDATE: Based on increased violence resulting in Los Cabos being ranked as the most dangerous city in the world, I am no longer comfortable recommending anyone travel there—let alone a solo woman traveler. There are SO many other more wonderful and much safer destinations to visit. Please message me [...]
SAN DIEGO: Little Italy Festa
San Diego's Little Italy Festa San Diego's Little Italy FESTA is not your typical street fair.Every October since 1994, the streets of Little Italy are cordoned off and the community morphs into a street fair, art gallery, concert venue and stickball court.You'll find the typical mix of vendors and artisans hawking some pretty cool stuff. The food, however, is a giant [...]
SAN DIEGO: Coronado Flower Show
The Beautiful Coronado Flower Show Who shows up at the Coronado Flower Show without a camera? That would be me. I blame years of forced multi-tasking for addling my formerly high functioning brain. Held every April in Spreckels Park, the Coronado Flower Show is the largest tented flower show in the entire nation. Entrants compete for the best individual flowers, bonsai trees, arrangements, table [...]
One Butt, Two Butts…Old Butts, New Butts
European Coed Spas "One Butt, Two Butts...Old Butts, New Butts" "I just drop it???," I whispered as I clutched my towel around my naked self. (Smile) "Yeessss," he whispered back as he nonchalantly spread his across the cedar bench. The last time I voluntarily bared an intimate part of my body in front of strange men was 21 years ago on [...]
The Top Five German Stereotypes
The Top Five German Stereotypes I'm not proud to admit that for my first 42 years, I bought in to most of the negative German stereotypes. It's the unconscious reason that Germany never ranked very high on my Wanderlist. In my defense, we Americans still get bombarded with a hefty dose of negative German stereotypes and history—starting with elementary school movies and [...]
Christmas in Germany
Christmas in Germany (Weihnachten in Deutschland) As my quiet American Christmas came to a close, I decided to give myself a present—time to do something I'd been wanting to do without a thought to anyone else's needs or the perceived importance of my desire. I wanted to know more about Christmas in Germany just because. I have been so fortunate to spend [...]