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SAN DIEGO: Adams Avenue Restaurants Crawl
Adams Avenue Restaurants Crawl I am a proud food glutton who has padded the pockets of many a food tour operator around the world. After my divorce, the hefty price tag of guided tours killed my appetite—so I started creating my own. This is a self-guided Adams Avenue Restaurants Crawl that will have you feeling fat and happy and can fit [...]
7 Ways to Engage with Nature on a Family Camping Trip
How To Truly Engage With Nature On Your Next Family Camping Trip Nature deficit disorder has come to be the zeitgeist of the new millennium, with children under the age of nine spending around 7-1/2 hours in front of electronic media and only enjoying only four to seven minutes of unstructured play a day. This is NOT okay! One way to combat [...]
18 Helpful Lost Baggage Tips
Lost Baggage Tips I used to be complacent about lost baggage. And, then I lost my innocence in Kauai's Lihue Airport. There were some things I could have done to minimize my suffering—hence, this post with 18 lost baggage tips. When the baggage carousel stopped turning, I suddenly became aware of everything I didn't have in my possession. My heart started pounding [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY 31: Lessons Learned & Introvert Insights
Travel Therapy #31 Introvert Insights & Lessons Learned At 50 years and 7 months of age, I willingly volunteered myself for a 13 day social experiment. I wanted to see what would happen if I, a highly independent introvert, went on a structured hiking tour of the Canadian Rockies with 13 strangers. In short, I wanted some introvert insights and some [...]
CANADA: Hiking Tour of the Canadian Rockies
Hiking Tour of the Canadian Rockies Why would I, a hardcore introvert who doesn't like to be told what to do, choose to go on a hiking tour of the Canadian Rockies with two guides and 10 strangers? As a result of 22 years in the suburbs and a decade smack in the middle of the city, I have [...]
BOOK REVIEW: U.S. Taxes for Worldly Americans
U.S. Taxes for Worldly Americans The Traveling Expat's Guide to Living, Working, and Staying Tax Compliant Abroad TITLE: U.S. Taxes for Worldly Americans AUTHOR: Olivier Wagner, EA, CPA GENRE: Non-Fiction Synopsis Are you a citizen of the United States who lives abroad? You probably know that the U.S.A. is one of only two countries in the world that applies citizenship based taxation [...]