Exceptional Italian Cuisine in Providence’s Federal Hill I don’t usually talk to my seatmates on airplanes. When I’m flying, it’s Gina time. I catch up on reading, magazines, or writing – or more often than not, sleep – and I do my best to avoid getting stuck in the clenches of a chatty person sitting [...]
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Overcoming Self-Doubt and Frustration to Follow My Dreams I quit my Director of Marketing job earlier this year. After five years, I felt it was time to move on. It was a job I’d loved ferociously at the beginning, but over the past couple years the joy of it faded. I felt bored, frustrated, and [...]
Experiencing the Nantucket local way of life with my super cool Uncle Dean I visited Nantucket at the beginning of April while the air still had a harsh crispness to it, the flowers weren’t yet in bloom, and the downtown area only had about half of its shops open for business. There were many signs [...]
Think the Office Will Fall Apart in Your Absence? A Lunch Break Will Make You Think Again Working around the clock is common these days. Late hours, emails from bed at 10 p.m., and lunch at desks is often normal. This working around the clock mentality has become so common in America that many workers [...]
A Couple Conflict Over the Inca Trail – Should We Axe It? If you’ve been following me on this blog or on Twitter for awhile, you may have noticed I have an obsession with going to Machu Picchu. It’s been at the top of my bucket list for years. When people ask when I’m having [...]
Not only is it starting to feel like summer in southern California where I live, it seems other areas are finally starting to embrace Spring. Minnesota got one of it’s latest snowfalls in awhile… …but the snow is melting and it seems spring is finally arriving to the state and the same story is going with [...]
Walking Around the Queenstown Gardens in New Zealand: Even Pretty on a Rainy Day Not only does Queenstown, New Zealand already have a gorgeous harbor, 5-star restaurants, an extremely walkable waterfront and downtown area, and majestic mountains framing the massive lake the town bends around, but it also is home to one of New [...]
The Little Cray Pot Restaurant Makes a Big Impact You have to go out of your way to get to the Cray Pot restaurant near Haast, New Zealand. It’s about 30 minutes off the main highway to Haast and once you reach there, you’re basically at a dead end and will just have to turn [...]
New Zealand’s Millions of Years Old Pancake Rocks In the town of Punakaiki on New Zealand’s South Island’s west coast lies the Pancake Rocks. Someone must have been hungry when deciding to name these rocks, because instead of calling them discs, or Frisbees, or simply stacked rocks, they got the moniker of Pancake Rocks due [...]
I'm a travel marketer and travel writer. My husband, Tom, is getting his MBA and never stops studying. We have two cats. We have a mortgage. We have a passion for traveling. We have limited vacation time and funds.
Our friends and family wonder how we travel so much.
Here's how I balance it all and maximize travel time and getting the most out of a destination when time is short.
Gina: Thanks for stopping by, Tracy! You run a great restaurant!...
Gina: Thanks for sharing Diane! Hiking the Inca Trail seems to be winning......
Gina: Have fun! That sounds like an amazing trip. You're going to absolutely...
Gina: Couldn't agree more, Charu!...
Gina: It was a lot of fun! And was a really great way to get around Santorin...