The Road Trip to Monument Valley

Rolling up to it, I was almost afraid, it’s iconic beauty blazing in the southwest sun. I timidly rolled down my window, nervous with excitement, and took in the sweet, sweet smell of clay earth that surrounded me. Wild horses, amber red terra firma, indigenous Navajo people buzzing about, riding horses at full gallop beside Route 64. This was a childhood dream of mine, seeing this alien landscape. I was here, it was my birthday, and this, was Monument Valley. Formed millions of years ago by rushing water meandering and carving the rocks along this portion of the Colorado Plateau,…

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Taking a Stand: United, American and Frontier Airlines Refuse to Fly Separated Immigrant Children

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or have purposefully decided to ignore the political and social upheaval that our current administration has caused by creating some terribly questionable enforcement of their zero tolerance immigration policy, then you don’t know that the Trump’s U.S. Immigration Policy is resulting in the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S./Mexico border. These sweet, innocent babies who’ve been wrenched from the hands of those parents, who obviously risked bringing them to the United States for the chance of a better life and upward mobility, are being put in what pretty much…

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Take the Hike: The Bay of Fundy Trail

Oh Canada, we Americans have yet another reason to be jealous of you – besides your great healthcare, level headed-leader, and poutine fries. But the beautiful, bucolic, hundreds of thousands of hiking trails you have are awe inspiring, and take the cake. Lucky for us yankees, at least we’re on the same continent as you. For this edition of Take the Hike, I present to you – the Bay of Fundy. The trail, located in New Brunswick, Canada takes you through primordial forests, wet lands, heights 820 feet above sea level and of course through the gorgeous Bay of Fundy. You’ll be…

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Happy, Happy Hour – The World’s Most Bucolic Bars

Summer is here, which means sundresses, flip flops, and boozy day parties. But are you tired of the same old neighborhood bars and stuffed up after-work happy hours? Those day parties at the same old spots can get, well, old. It’s 2018, why not take your happy hour international, and grab some libations from one of these bucolic bars around the world. If turquoise seas and white sand doesn’t inspire your wanderlust, I’m sure exotic cocktails unique to these locals will. Check them out. Rick’s Cafe – Negril, Jamaica  Drinks, a magical, incandescent sunset, and the best cliff diving in…

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Wanderlust of the Week: Queenstown, New Zealand

Honestly, I’ve been wanderlusting after a trip to New Zealand, ever since I became a hiking obsessed, part-time granola, which has been, pretty much, forever. My lust reached a fever pitch just now, when I happened to be looking for hotels for a little island getaway, and Pounamu Apartments in Queenstown dipped across my screen. Imagine, apartments that you can rent, that are spacious, with floor to ceiling windows, overlooking New Zealand’s bucolic majesty, with a fully stocked and loaded kitchen that you can cook in (the cooking part might not sound like a vacation to some, but for meeee?…

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