Tag: Conscious Consumption
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Airport Bars, Hotel Bars and Raising the Bar
Airport and hotel bars were once my favorite places. I adored the atmosphere of travel and travelers, the quelling of anxiety, the ease of conversation and the typically-fleeting but memorable connections. Oh, and I also just adored drinking, plentifully. So it’s fitting that I had my final martini – and one of my most life-changing…
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Backpacker on a Cruise
I recently had the incredibly good fortune to take a cruise, pretty much for free! A friend of a friend canceled past the refund window, so just for the gratuity cost ($12/day) and my transit to/from the port in Galveston, Texas (low cost on Spirit Airlines), I had a six-day cruise to Mexico which included…
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6 Tips for How to Overpack
Every travel blogger seems to have a “How to Pack like a Pro” post. This is not one of them. While I completed my Eurotrip as a purported “backpacker,” I started with a backpack AND a suitcase (the contents of which were later dispersed through France and Italy once the roadtrip fell through). Trying to…