India, Take II

For Christmas, my beau gave me an Indian cooking class, for two of course.  So, it doesn’t exactly constitute a second trip to India, but it was the closest you…

Eight Pounds

Over our five days vacation to the sunny Florida coast, two couples consumed eight pounds of deep blue sea deliciousness including crab, shark, salmon, shrimp, and scallops that we largely…

Florida Beach Vacation

After a long, cold winter, all this GoGirl wanted was a little fun in the Florida sun. Backpack ready, I set out with my beau to visit his sister and…

Loud Legs

This past month, funding was threatened on programs that offer services I find truly essential and beneficial to the betterment of the USA.  This angers me and scares me.  So,…

Dinner with friends is always a good idea

The Wait

You’ve bought your ticket and felt the excitement of finding that perfect deal to get you where your heart longs to visit; now what?  There are X months of waiting…

Kids and Travel

“Miss, when are you going home?”  In the usual hustle and bustle of work, surrounded by students of all ages, I missed this question.  But the 4th grader was persistent,…

Madrid

It was 2004 when I first visited Madrid.  I was on a high school trip with the French/Spanish club and our adventure happened to land just weeks after the train…

Places to visit in 2011

Spanning five continents and the creative imaginations of some of your favorite Go Girl writers, here a list of place we would like to visit this year (any of your…

Megan’s Top Ten of 2010

As challenging as 2010 was, I experienced some amazing things as a Go Girl.  I celebrated one year as a writer for this fantastic online magazine with our year anniversary…

Ronda

Ronda was a surprise for all of us.  It was a few days after Christmas, 2007, and my family was driving along the coast of Spain to celebrate in Malaga….

Same Place

This will be the first time that I will have lived in the same city for two years in a row since I was in high school.  I have packed…

November Swim

After a quick trot through a nearby park (the family that runs together, sweats together), we were ready for a swim.  Even my mom who famously refuses to get in…

Austin, Texas

Texas has trees.  I know it sounds ridiculous, but I thought it would be more like the deserts familiar in John Wayne cowboy motion pictures.  I realize that I only…

Review: On cups and funnels

Let’s talk about a recent Go Girl hot topic- the Go Girl Female Urination device. That compact pink tube containing the Go Girl FUD has been in my purse at almost every event where I could possibly find it useful- a fashion show, the airport, and a concert or two- but I still didn’t find a time where I felt comfortable using the flexible lavender funnel…

Breztels and Katrin

Maybe it’s recent beer talk amongst friends, or rehearsing the Brahms’ Requiem (complete with German pronunciation lessons), or maybe just a nostalgic desire to cuddle up with a dear friend,…