Happy New Year! Another year and a whole lot of traveling and never enough time to get all of my posts up. Some might call me a procrastinator, but I call myself more of a perfectionist with a little OCD who often finds herself stuck in the middle of everyday life trying to find ways… Read More
Ok let me be clear from the get go. When I say, “Why Twitter Poetry is Killing You,” by you, I mean me and by killing I mean wasting time. Well, you get my overall idea. Help! I’ve fallen into poetweet and I can’t get up. It all happened rather innocently so allow me to… Read More
It’s so shiny and new and yes, it’s the Sisterhood of the World Blogger Award! Last week my friend Karla nominated me of all people for this award. Isn’t she sweet? What is the Sisterhood of the World Blogger Award? It’s to recognize female bloggers of all kinds while encouraging them to network and learn… Read More
After an exhausting walk all over the city of Bari, I returned to MSC Preziosa and discovered that my request to interview the cruise director not only had been honored, but would occur almost immediately. Rushing around like a mad woman, I freshened up and headed one flight down to the Top Sail Lounge, the private… Read More
The inevitable question of who is Travel Shop Girl and how did you arrive at your name seems to come up regularly these days. Someone recently said to me that I didn’t have shopping on my site. Well, you’re right – I don’t because this isn’t a shopping site. Do I write about shopping? Yes.… Read More
Jeanette of Fit Girl Travels has nominated me for a Liebster Award. “Liebe” means “love” in German and I’m definitely feeling the love today! After accepting the Liebster Award, you simply pay it forward by nominating another blogger whom you think deserves a little recognition. Thank you Jeanette for nominating me! If you haven’t… Read More
Never underestimate the power of the written word. I was thinking about this only yesterday and I realized that I might have become curious about the world and travel around the same time that I started cooking. How’s that possible? As a young girl with three older sisters who were far too cool for me… Read More
Caissie Stafford (Cais Dillon) from her FaceBook page On November 30, 2012 while the Celebrity Summit was in port in St. Thomas, Celebrity Cruises was kind enough to allow me to interview a few members of the staff. Unfortunately, as sometimes happens, life gets in the way and I did not have a chance to… Read More
What an amazing year 2012 was for me. I traveled every month last year, sometimes many times within the same month. Here is a list of all the places I traveled to in 2012: January: Amsterdam February: Iceland, Las Vegas March: Colombia April: Celebrity Eclipse cruise: San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Maarten May: Jamaica June:… Read More
Camp Carnival My recent 4-night cruise to Canada from Boston on the Carnival Glory provided me with the opportunity to interview the Camp Carnival Youth Director, Heather Carrick from Canada. Heather has only been the Youth Director for a few months after her recent promotion, but she has been with Carnival for almost five years… Read More
