The lovely Sheraton Bloomington. Photo by Ann Santori. Thanks to Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, on August 20 I was sent off on a fast-paced, one-hotel-per-night Minneapolis vacation. What was the result…
Episode #5: Janice Waugh, Solo Traveler
Ready for a whole new take on travel? Our podcast, “What She Said: Words from Women Travelers” brought to you by our very own Ann Santori, brings you words from amazing globally…
What Makes a Traveler? 4 Confessions
Leftover powdered sugar: as dirty as I get. Image from Ann Santori. Books like Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love and Kira Salak’s Four Corners make female travelers seem like a fairly badass bunch….
Camouflage (Solo) Travel: Female and Fat
Don’t worry who’s looking. Image from fusion.net. This Fourth of July, the Boyfriend and I headed to Lisle’s Eyes to the Skies hot air balloon festival for the perfect combination…
Episode #4: Kathryn Pisco of Unearth the World
Ready for a whole new take on travel? Our podcast, “What She Said: Words from Women Travelers” brought to you by our very own Ann Santori, brings you words from amazing globally…
4 Fabulous Female Travel Writers of Days Gone By
Putting pens to paper around the world. Image courtesy of Wikipedia. With the launch of #gogirlreads, our new Travel Book Club, I thought it would be fitting if, before we…
Episode #3: Stephanie Denzer of Spark Ventures
Ready for a whole new take on travel? Check out our brand new podcast entitled “What She Said: Words from Women Travelers”, brought to you by our very own Ann…
The Reality of Traveling Depression and How to Cope
When your feelings won’t let you be. Image by Flickr user Geraint Rowland. After reading this brilliant article, “How I Manage My Depression While Traveling Abroad,” by xoJane author, Kennedy…
Episode #2: Allison Fleece of WHOA Travel
Ready for a whole new take on travel? Check out our brand new podcast entitled “What She Said: Words from Women Travelers”, brought to you by our very own Ann…
The “Negativity Bias” and Travel Envy
It keeps you safe, but does it keep you inside? Image from mmorpg.com. Reading my Oprah magazine this month (yes, I subscribe to Oprah magazine in all its self-help glory,…
Isolation and Opportunism: Price Gouging in Rural Canada
After months of nose-to-the-grindstone, no-me-time work obligations, this past weekend I packed my bags and road tripped it to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with my beautiful bride-to-be besty, Heather…
Theatre Tourism: Go Big or Go Home?
“From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people . . . it needs no other passport than fun.” (Bertolt Brecht – “A Short Organum for the…
A Go Girl Geek’s Crash Course to Conventions
Conventions are a world all their own. Image from bbcamerica.com. This past Thanksgiving weekend, The Boyfriend and I packed up the SUV and headed to Lombard, Illinois (home of the…
5 Tips to Keep the Travel Bug at Bay
What do you do when you can’t travel? Image from world-walk-about.com. As I discussed in my last post, with my new job as an Affordable Care Act counselor for my…
Work-Vacation Balance: What’s Right For A Go Girl?
Too many of us give up our vacation days or find ourselves working on vacation. Image from EyesWideOpen/Getty Images via abcnews.go.com. Two weeks ago I interviewed for, and received, a…