I chugged some water out of the blue plastic bottle in my right hand and then took a peak at my Garmin watch on my left. It read 2 hours and counting and around 6 miles traveled. As I continued along the path with a cool breeze blowing and the sun shining down on me, […]
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When I first moved to Chicago in 2001, my summer plans consisted of working, studying for the bar exam and occasionally going out for a beer to break the monotony of studying for the bar exam. My circle of friends consisted of law school classmates and colleagues with whom I had worked the previous summer
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Every now and then I come across a tweet or Facebook status update complaining about flying Southwest Airlines – or saying that they are dreading it even though they have never flown with the airline previously. And I immediately want to reply that they are so, so wrong! I absolutely love flying Southwest. Indeed, when
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I was recently invited to speak at an event in June. It’s one of those things where you get a short amount of time (in this case, six minutes), to talk about absolutely anything. Wow. What freedom and what pressure! That I would talk about travel – in particular, solo travel – was a no-brainer.
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When I planned to spend the weekend in Atlanta prior to running the Georgia Marathon, I had no idea how much I would really be able to see in that time. I managed to squeeze in quite a bit – an Inside CNN Studio Tour, the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola, the Margaret Mitchell
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While I enjoyed my first day in Atlanta, visiting the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium and touring CNN, I didn’t feel like I had really gotten a feel for the city itself. All three sites surrounded the Centennial Olympic Park downtown and in a sense, they could have been found in any city.
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I originally didn’t really think about visiting the World of Coca-Cola during my weekend in Atlanta. It just didn’t jump out at me as a place of interest. But then everyone started telling me I needed to go – that it would be the highlight of visiting Atlanta. So I started to reconsider and I
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It didn’t take me long to spot it. The large red letters loomed large over Centennial Olympic Park and left no doubt which way I needed to head to find my first stop in Atlanta: CNN Tower. My mission? To catch a glimpse of Anderson Cooper, what else? With my Atlanta CityPASS in hand (thanks
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If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you likely saw that I recently attended (and spoke at and helped plan!) the inaugural Women in Travel Summit. Taking place in my adopted hometown of Chicago over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, WITS was the first conference of its kind, planned by women, for women, focusing on
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It seemed like a good idea last October. After a year back in Chicago, I realized I just couldn’t handle the heat and humidity like I used to – especially when it came to running in such toasty weather. So as much as I wanted to run another marathon now that I am back in
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