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Happy New Year
January 1, 2018Every New Year’s Eve, as the clock strikes midnight, I look ahead with hopes and dreams for …what exactly?…
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Nicaragua: Surf’s Up! (But Not Like You Think)
May 28, 2016Nicaragua: Surf’s Up! (But Not Like You Think) So now they mention it: We had just gotten back from...
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Taste This! Does this Taste Funny?
January 20, 2016Okay, this is a thing that happens: You sit down to a nice meal, either at home or abroad,…
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THE CASE AGAINST CARPE DIEM
July 15, 2015My husband, Jim, and I have traveled all over the world together. And when we added Yao Yao, our…
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Surfing in Sri Lanka
May 15, 2015Here’s where it gets fun – fun for me, anyway. The instructor took Jim and Yao Yao and showed…
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Yao Yao’s Top 10 Islands #3 Bali
February 7, 2015Bali is not only one of Yao Yao’s favorite islands, but one of her favorite places in the whole…
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Yao Yao’s Top 10 Islands: #4 Langkawi
January 30, 2015Again, we ponder the age-old, and seemingly unanswerable, question: What in the heck makes one destination a kid favorite,…
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Yao Yao’s Top 10 Islands: #8 Benguerra Island
December 19, 2014Yao Yao remembers the island as the place she got to “ fly a plane” (she sat up front),…
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Sleigh Bells or Temple Bells
November 28, 2014Ever since Yao Yao was of school age, we’ve struggled with the Christmas Situation. In a nutshell: We live…
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Ngpali, Myamar: Bay of Bengal
November 14, 2014But once we made the short ride to the hotel, our mood shifted – because there it was, the…