Travel

FoodBlogSouth – a Southern food blogging conference

January 23, 2011

Grits, pie and lots of incredible foodies: a few things that made up FoodBlogSouth – a Southern food blogging conference in Birmingham, Alabama. I made the decision not to head to Birmingham on Friday afternoon, mostly due to a busy day of work on Friday, procrastination and some laziness. Which meant that I needed to [...]

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Devil's Bridge Trail – Sedona, AZ

January 16, 2011

Devil’s Bridge Trail is one of the most popular hikes in Sedona, Arizona. Devil’s Bridge itself is the largest natural sandstone arch in Sedona, and the hike to the arch is usually a moderately easy one, but in the winter it’s a whole other story. Because of the recent rain, the dirt path that you [...]

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A National Championship Through the Eyes of an Auburn Tiger

January 15, 2011

(post by Paul Crane, my loving husband and devoted Auburn University football fan) I always dreamed that Auburn would make it to the National Championship. Being the realist that I am, I wasn’t sure when or if it would ever happen. But I made a promise to myself that if Auburn ever reached the BCS [...]

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The most beautiful sunrise in the West

January 14, 2011

I’m sure you’ve seen those beautiful professional photographs of the Grand Canyon, filled with lots of color and depth. How do you get those gorgeous photos? Those photos are usually taken either at sunrise or sunset. It’s all about losing some sleep time, getting out early to capture the right light and finding the right [...]

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Grand Canyon

January 13, 2011

The Grand Canyon: Touristy, yes. A must-see in the US, yes. The Grand Canyon is an attraction and American natural wonder that doesn’t really need an introduction. It’s located in the state of Arizona about 4.5 hours north of Phoenix and about 5 hours east of Las Vegas. Our trip to the Grand Canyon was [...]

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Kangaroos in Georgia

November 13, 2010

Kangaroos and wallabys in Dawsonville, Georgia. This afternoon, Esther (of Esther JuLee Photography) and I drove about an hour north of Atlanta to see and learn about kangaroos at the Kangaroo Conservaton Center. I wasn’t exactly sure that to expect, but it turned out to be quite the fun day. To start off with, it [...]

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A Real Chinese Buffet

October 26, 2010

Chinese buffets, they’re practially a vital part of American culture. Westernized Chinese buffets are filled to the brim with Westernized Chinese food: Sweet & sour chicken, Beef and broccoli, Fried Rice, Egg Rolls, etc. We stopped for a quick lunch at a buffet spot in Hualein during our Taiwan trip. Let me introduce you to [...]

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Bubble Tea, yes please?

October 24, 2010

I have a bubble tea obsession. But only when I’m in Taiwan, because frankly, it’s near impossible to find the good stuff in the US. I have yet to find a place in Atlanta that makes the tea like they do here in Taiwan. But I digress… Bubble tea is a sweet tea beverage that [...]

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Open Water Certified

September 17, 2010

Our fourth port was at Costa Maya, Mexico on Thursday (Sept 9). We had nothing planned for this port, but we did know that we wanted to try and get our open water certification in scuba if we possibly could. We were already in the Caribbean, in crystal clear blue water, so of course we [...]

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Don’t Squeeze the Monkey!

September 16, 2010

The third port of our trip was at Isla Roatan, Honduras on Wed (Sept. 8). Our excursion at this stop was called Zip-and-Dip with Bodden Tours. After a 25 minute van ride – with a photo op stop in the middle that was really a tourist trap – we arrived at the zip line location. [...]