“My God, he’s beautiful, more beautiful than anyone I’ve ever seen.”

Corinne, a young Swiss woman in Kenya on vacation with her boyfriend, spied the Masai warrior across the ferry. And shortly thereafter, she moved into a dirt hut in the bush with her beautiful Masai warrior, Lketinga, and his mother. I lie down beneath the mosquito net. There are still loads of the insects, and [...]

Project Ghana

Four of us (my daughter Sarah and her friend, Payton, plus their mothers- Elizabeth and I) are traveling to Ghana for community service in summer 2010. Check back to see what we’re planning.

Better late than…

Yeh, yeh. I’m the last person on the internet who’s learned to love Priceline.com. What did we get this weekend? A four-star hotel near the Galleria in Houston for $50/night. Sweet.

Worst hotels on the planet

No further explanation needed.

Cibolo Creek Ranch near Marfa, Texas

Pondering the difficulty of experiencing both local culture AND luxury, I suddenly remembered Cibolo Creek Ranch. Wow, do they provide both aplenty! In fact, if I had one location to take an out-of-state visitor to show them the “real” Texas, it would be Cibolo Creek. I’m not sure which is the star attraction: the scenery [...]

Why not 'LUXURY' travel?

I stumbled across the blog, The Luxury Travel Mom, recently. Like many of us, she’s trying to balance the responsibilities of family and a love of travel, specifically LUXURY travel. Which got me to thinking…I LOVE luxury travel! The Peninsula in Hong Kong (before it was a chain), The Kapalua Resort on Maui, that little [...]

Sign-off January 25, 2010

Our hotel in Paris: Hotel Grandes Ecoles

It looks lovely, is in the center of town, and evidently has a charming Parisienne owner, Madame Le Floch who personally greets her guests. We found it through the Karen Brown guides.

Springhill Suites = Just OK

I just took my first trip of the year! Don’t get too excited. I went to Oklahoma. Not quite the exotic jaunt I had dreamed about (Maybe it was all the tiny country towns with billboards warning about the perils of meth?). Still I learned something new: Springhill Suites by Marriott is pre-tty good. If [...]

Blog Round-Up: Haiti

Some fascinating perspectives from Haiti. All of these seem to be updated frequently: The Livesay (Haiti) Weblog- written by American missionaries. Latest post describes the difficulties small NGO’s face being snubbed by larger organizations. Partners in Health – Adventures in Life- two Americans involved with evacuation of Haitian orphans to the U.S. They may leave [...]