Imagine the Academy Awards, New Year's Eve and World Cup Soccer, all rolled into the most important day of the year. It’s Carnival, and the Caribbean Island of Trinidad claims to have invented it in the new world. This is serious business, with contests, royalty (kings and queens of music), costumes, and newspaper articles offering everything from editorials (has Carnival in … [Read more...]
Confession: How I Became A Travel Junkie
I’m high. I know that. I’ve just returned from a two week trip to Colombia with my family and I’m high as a kite. Our travel day started at 5:00 am in Bogota and 17 hours of travel later, I’m bouncing around my house, reading my mail, and putting clothes down the laundry chute. My husband and children have crawled up the stairs to their rooms and are already asleep. But I … [Read more...]
