Toledo in Half a Day
No, not Ohio where it’s pronounced toe-lee-doe, but Spain where it’s pronounced toe-lay-doe. Toledo is a UNESCO World Heritage city so there is a lot to see and really deserves more than the few hours we spent.
Treasure Shopping in Tulum
Shops stocked with beautiful handicrafts made by local artists line the main streets of Tulum Mexico. You can spend hours wandering through tiendas (shops) searching for that unique gift item to take home. There are also plenty of synthetic, artificial, and machine-made look-alikes. If you don’t know what to look for, you may end up…
Y’all Come on Down Now to Charleston’s Southern Plantations
Majestic live oak trees with sprawling branches dripping silver Spanish moss surrounding stately white-columned mansions. The dazzling Ashley and Cooper Rivers meandering their ways to the sea. Long-necked, lanky egrets perusing the swampy marshes where cypress knees eerily protrude from the murky water. Alluring gardens with fragrant flowers bursting forth no matter the season. When…
4 Secrets To Becoming A Successful Photographer
Imagine living the life you’ve always dreamed about. Is it full-time globetrotting with the excitement of what’s around the next corner, living abroad while enjoying new cultures, secluded beaches and fresh food, or more of your favorite hobbies while living in a special spot you love? As a young boy, reading about photographers and their…
Great Escape Radio: Episode 152: Declutter your life
“For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned.” –Anonymous Host, Jody Maberry and Director, Lori Allen discuss The Lifechanging Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo. Although the book came out in 2014, it’s getting more attention now because the author has a Netflix series. The book…
Perfection Won’t Help You Sell More Stories – Here’s What You Do…
My husband and I learned to ski at different times. I started when I was a kid. Once a year, a mountain 3 hours from where I lived held a ski-free day for beginners. My parents would load us into the car at 4 a.m. and we’d be the first ones there. We’d take a…
5 Ways To Get Writing About Local Travel Experiences
Social media can be depressing, right? Everyone seems to post travel photos from far-flung exotic locales. Scroll down your Instagram, Twitter or Facebook feed any time of day. Go ahead. You’ll find images of the 18th-century sculpted Trevi Fountain in Italy, the Great Blue Hole for scuba diving in Belize, coffee plantations in Hawaii, ancient…
How To Write A Listicle – 3 Tips To Get Started
One of the least-romantic (yet most-published) articles out there is the listicle. “’6 Amazing Ski Tours Around the World” – Outside Magazine “100 Best Albums of All Time” — Rolling Stone “100 American towns founded before the Revolution” — USA Today Listicles are basically a list of people, places, and things held together by an…
5 Tips To Find The Right Publication For Your Travel Story
Where should I send my story? It’s one of the top questions I’m asked at travel-writing workshops, during writing retreats, and in feedback sessions with beginning freelance writers. But it’s the wrong question to ask. Instead, I encourage writers to start asking this question of themselves: Where do I want to see my story published?…
Worry Less — Use This Simple Trick To Get More Done
Cows are a little bit skittish. I know this because every time my cousin’s dog goes into the field, the cows run away from him. They don’t like him jumping at their feet. Or maybe they don’t like that he’s so small they can’t see him in the grass. But here’s the difference between cows…
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