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How to Meet Your Favorite Hollywood Stars

Los Angeles is the place to be if you are starstruck fan looking to bump into your favorite celebs. Unfortunately, a summer trip to Hollywood doesn’t always yield random meetings with Tinseltown hotties. Sure, there’s always a chance you might cross paths with a star while shopping at The Grove or Whole Foods, but you might have better luck on Hollywood Boulevard where the wax versions of entertainment’s elite are now on display. Madame Tussauds newest wax museum just opened a location in Hollywood next to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and steps away from Oscar’s Kodak Theatre and the Hollywood Walk … Continue reading →

Travel Tidbits: Paul McCartney Slept Here and American Girl’s New Home

PAUL MCCARTNEY SLEPT HERE Well, not exactly, but he could the next time he needs a place to crash in Liverpool, England. And he’d probably feel right at home. After all, the Hard Days Night Hotel is the world’s only boutique lodging, with Beatles-themed rooms and suites. The most luxurious are the John Lennon and Paul McCartney suites, which will set you back about $1,000 per night. Standard rooms run between $240 and $315 per night. The hip hotel even offers guests the opportunity to sign up for tours of Liverpool locales associated with the Fab Four. AMERICAN GIRL’S NEW … Continue reading →

Valentine’s Day Travel Packages for the Special “Girls” in Your Life

Regardless of their age there is one thing most “girls” have in common—a love for shopping. Some might not willingly admit to the obsession, but give a girl the chance to walk away with new goods–no strings attached–and I doubt you would find many who would turn the other cheek. That being said here are a couple of ways you could make the day of your favorite female just in time for Love Day: BOSTON Beantown is getting ready to open its first American Girl Place store and to celebrate it will be hosting an American Girl Fashion Show, on … Continue reading →

More Gift Ideas For Frequent Travelers

Have you wrapped up the perfect gift for the frequent flyer in your life? Have you even found the perfect gift for the weary traveler in your life? If you answered no to the latter question then you are in luck—-there’s still time to find great presents for all those frequent travelers on your list. This is a continuation of the gift options I listed in a previous blog. Airline Gift Certificates. You might not be able to afford to buy your favorite flyer a round-trip ticket to Hawaii, but you can help contribute to one via a gift certificate. … Continue reading →

Gift Ideas For Frequent Travelers

Forget about the goofy tie and the poinsettia set in a terra cotta pot. If you have frequent travelers on your holiday gift list you need to be thinking about function at 35,000 feet, or at least behind the wheel of a car. This blog was actually inspired by an item I saw on sale at Target this week—-a road emergency kit. This one retails for just $25 and includes the basics. However, if you have the time and inclination you could get even more creative and tailor the contents specifically for your special traveler. Simply get a sturdy duffel … Continue reading →

Travel Gadget For Kids–The Review

Regular readers of my blogs know that I am a mother of a toddler, someone who travels quite a bit, and a self-professed “sucker for new products.” So when I see a new product that says it is made “especially for the traveling toddler,” I figure the manufacturer is speaking directly to me. Such is the case with the “Seat Chiller.” The “Seat Chiller” is exactly that—a product specifically designed to “chill” your child’s car seat on a hot day. Okay, so I live in Wisconsin, where you can count on one hand the number of days that the mercury … Continue reading →

Travel Gadget Product Review

I am a sucker for travel gadgets. (Truthfully, I am a sucker for any product that claims to make life easier.) It is dangerous for me to watch television late at night—a time when most channels air infomercials advertising the latest and greatest must-have items. I have gotten to the point where I don’t automatically grab the phone and start dialing (yes, I have made progress), but there was an item featured on TV the other night that I was convinced was worth a phone call. I ended up mustering enough willpower to avoid calling and instead headed to my … Continue reading →

The Summer Travel Accessory I Don’t Leave Home Without

Do you have a must-have travel accessory? Is it your briefcase? Your laptop? Perhaps, it’s your child’s carseat or your diaper bag. I have written about travel accessories in the previous blogs, but with most of the nation in the midst of a heat wave coupled with a report I recently read about a pill you can take to protect your skin from sun damage I feel it is appropriate to blog about the one accessory I do not leave home without regardless of where I travel: sunscreen. I grew up in Hawaii and know many people who have been … Continue reading →

“Your” Favorite Travel Accessories

The Place: My living room. The Time: A Sunday night get-together with friends and family. The Result: This Blog. What started out as an innocent question: “What is your favorite travel accessory?” could actually turn into a weekly feature here. I got so many responses (from the ordinary to the “are-you-sure-that-qualifies-as-an-accessory”) that I have decided to group them by manufacturers. That way if you are interested in purchasing the products you won’t have to make multiple Internet searches. So brace yourself. Here are the first items in my series “Favorite Travel Accessories.” Magellan’s Travelon 14” Wheeled Carry-On with ViewThru Panels. … Continue reading →

The Quest for the American Girl Doll

My daughter has been wanting an American Girl Doll for at least the last three years. She pours over the catalogue (that is sent a couple of times a year and addressed to the previous occupants) like the contestants from the Biggest Loser would do to the Godiva catalogue. She knows all of the names of the girls, plus the names of their friends. She has read all of the books. I don’t mind the idea of the American Girl Dolls. My daughter has developed a passion for reading chapter books from them, has learned a lot about history, and … Continue reading →