-
Travel – The Perks
It’s a good day when you can combine business travel with some personal activities. My travels in early May allowed me to catch up with a friend in Dusseldorf over drinks, to take in the Artemisia exhibit at the Musée Maillol in Paris and to visit friends in Joberg and Durban. Go ahead and say…
-
Returning to My Not So Secret Garden…
Lots of things arrive late: spring, the mail, airplanes, babies and, yes, even me on occasion. And so here we are well past daffodil season and lilacs are in bloom. Welcome to May and welcome back to the Café Girl Chronicles. I rejoin you refreshed, re-energized and with a renewed approach to my writing. I…
-
Please Don’t Let Go!
I never meet interesting men on planes. Given all the flying I do, you would think the odds would be in my favor. But it seems there’s a cosmic conspiracy to keep me uncoupled and out of trouble, at least while I’m in the air. In hundreds of thousands of miles logged on various airlines…
-
Some Days I Really Miss Having a Man Around…and Some Days Not
Like most women I know, I am self-reliant, independent and opinionated. These are three characteristics that scare the heck out of most men my age. I’m not a rabid feminist. If you must label me at all, call me a pragmatist. When I’m alone I open my own doors, slay my own dragons and gladly…
-
Help! I’ve Run Out of Clever Travel Headlines
But that doesn’t mean I’ve run out of travel destinations. Look for posts from the road in January from the UK, Germany, Italy and Las Vegas. And although Vegas may not be its own country like the others, it is somewhat of a wonderland. My goal is one post for every passport stamp. If you…
-
Five Things to See or Do in a New Place
I often find myself in new places for business and because I’m in and out of a city quite quickly, I don’t always have much time to spare. However, when I do get some downtime, whether I’m traveling for work or pleasure, I always do a bit of research before I set out to explore.…
-
Travel Essentials VII: 5 Things You Should Always Have in Your Suitcase
I consider myself both a veteran and inveterate traveler. There are certain travel rituals that I practice that enable me to hop on a plane with little or no notice without having to think about what to pack. All I do, in advance and courtesy of a spreadsheet is combine “mix ‘n match” pieces of…
-
Regrets, I’ve had a few…
Many years ago, I stumbled headlong into an intense affair with a handsome but unavailable Swede. I clearly recall walking down Michigan Avenue arguing both sides of the debate with myself, the yes / no of it all. I still hadn’t made up my mind when later that day I bumped into a male friend,…
-
Girls’ Nights In — Celebrating Good Times, Good Friends and a Good Book
People often ask me, “Why did you write a book?” If they are friends who know me well, I will often mischievously reply, “I did it for the party.” And there’s a grain of truth to that response. As months go by, there have been more celebrations. Who knew the ancillary benefit to all that…
Latest Stories 