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Tag Archives: Travel
Time To Give Back
I guess many of you have embraced Black Friday as a shopping ritual. To me, Black Friday is a fate worse than death. The crowds, the pushing and shoving and parents yelling at their kids and little kids crying and waiting … Continue reading
The Hills Are Alive…And Crawling With Tourists
As I mentioned yesterday, Dan and I once traveled to Salzburg, and my personal favorite part of the trip was a 4 hour The Sound of Music bus tour. We don’t typically jump on a bus with a bunch of … Continue reading
Put It In Park And Step Into My Office
We all know you can’t judge a book by its cover, but can you judge a driver based on the way he or she is parked? I think that in some cases the answer is yes. What do we think … Continue reading
A Quiet Dinner with Farrell
Farrell and I met when I was attending a conference in Orlando last year. Within 10 minutes of meeting him I was in absolute awe of his refreshing attitude. I’ll never forget his magical first words, “Hi, I’m Farrell, I’ll … Continue reading
Fear Not
When I was a kid, I was scared of just about everything. When I was at that party a couple of weeks ago someone started talking about the old days in Atlantic City. When AC was still a nice beach … Continue reading
Just Walk On By
I need to apologize to my many, many fans tonight. For those of you who’ve believed in me and followed my careful regimen of junk food and no exercise, I am ashamed. I quite accidentally got a bunch of unwanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Career, Diet, Exercise, Humor, Self, Social, Travel
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My Ski Adventure Part II
So Bill still hadn’t ditched me by lunchtime, and he said that we were going to have to get on the chair lift to meet my family for lunch. My heart was filled with terror…the legendary chair lift. We pretended we … Continue reading
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Tagged Exercise, Family, Humor, Imagination, Self, Social, Travel
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My Ski Adventure, Part I
I think everyone knows by now that I’m a giant klutz, and no one would dream that I could learn to ski. But my brother CJ and sister-in-law Lisa were taking all the kids out to Colorado for a ski … Continue reading
Take It From Me
As noted yesterday, I have been known to listen to a conversation among a bunch of strangers and butt right in. You don’t have to thank me; it’s important that I give of myself and enrich the lives of others. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, Humor, Irreverent, Marriage, Middle Age, Social, Travel
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Moscow Prequel: In the USSR Part 0
I promise that unless/until we go back to Russia, this is it for Tales of the USSR! Our trip to St. Petersburg several years prior was so different from our experience in Moscow. Yes, we had to go through all … Continue reading