All Entries in the "Girlfriend Getaways" Category
A Mother/Daughter Adventure to Reconnect
A few summers ago my twenty-year-old daughter and I felt a need to escape the busyness of everyday life and reconnect. We needed to do something to break away from the routine of her visits home — working, buying groceries, cooking, entertaining, and disjointed conversations. We came up with a great idea! TIP: Select a [...]
2 TravelGirls in Fiji: A Mother-Daughter Escape
“There are fewer and fewer places left on our planet as beautiful as Fiji” – Jean-Michel Cousteau Reveling in Barefoot Luxury: GRAB YOUR MASK, FINS AND SUNBLOCK AND PLACE YOUR BETS ON WHO SEES THE FIRST MANTA RAY. Over the years, the world’s best reefs have beckoned to me like a siren’s song. When [...]
Relaxed Island Life in Southern California
Coronado Island is a world away from skyscrapers, freeways and malls, yet it’s only a bridge away from downtown San Diego. Blue skies and warm sun keep watch on 70 miles of beaches in the San Diego area where a gentle Mediterranean climate tempts you to go to the beach. Coronado’s wide, white sand beaches [...]
Safety Tips for Women. 16 Ways to Avoid Trouble.
We can be aware of our surrounding. We can avoid questionable neighborhoods and we can communicate that we’re self-assured by walking confidently with our heads up. There are other ways we can prepare ourselves and avoid trouble. I learned these safety tips traveling to ninety-plus countries and I hope they’ll be useful to you. Send [...]
Adenaline Rush and Hiker’s Heaven in the Swiss Alps
For adventure addicts, Interlaken Switzerland is the perfect place to set up base camp. You’ll see hand gliders land in the town square every afternoon (in good weather). Vendors along the main street have booths offering hang-gliding, scooter bike, mountain biking and climbing excursions. It’s so easy to do get an adrenaline rush in the [...]
New York City Speak-Easy for Cocktails and Food
Little Italy in New York offers much more than red sauce dining and the Feast of San Gennaro. Read more from New York City Contributing Writer, Meryl Pearlstein who shares the inside scoop with us. Perhaps you know a bit of the rich and tenacious history of the area, first populated by Germans, then by [...]
Fitness Tips for Travelers
Five simple exercises you can do in airports, hotel rooms or a rental car. When you hit the road, skies or waterways, you don’t have to “fall” into old habits! Give your body a daily fitness boost with five simple slimming exercise tips – courtesy of the vibrant, 75-year-old health expert Sheila Cluff, founder of [...]
Hotel Security. How to be Safe and Stress Free.
Here are some tips to make sure you, and your stuff, are safe and secure in your hotel room.
Packing for Europe – Swiss Cities and the Alps
I’ll admit that packing for Europe takes effort to select fashionable and functional clothes that are also comfortable. So my packing list for different countries and activities varies. If you’re going to Paris, you’ll select stylish clothing in your closet, if you’re going to Switzerland, as I am in a few weeks, you’ll want stylish [...]
Health Tips for Women Travelers
Women, if you’re like me, when planning travel, you’ve got your agenda planned, your wardrobe to match the adventure you are about to embark upon and a child-like smile plastered to your face thinking about the sites you are about to see. Health issues while traveling could put a serious damper on your anticipated plans. [...]
