So it turns out that acronyms are awesome. Because they can stand for more than one thing… Like TBI. It was previously Tina’s Bar Investigations. But when you are on a cruise in the Mediterranean, or anywhere really, it can…
Category: life hack
It’s a numbers game
I prefer the temperature of the sea to start with a 2, but my seat number on a plane to start with a 1. And so it begins. Let’s call it the FOT #4, but who’s counting? It began back…
The travel mindset
The travel mindset is just that: a mindset, not a destination. And I was reminded today that you don’t have to be travelling to have it. I set out for a walk on the coldest day ever in my home…
The people you meet
Someone asked me today if I had finished my book of adventures. I had to think about it for a few minutes. My answer: my adventures are ongoing. There are some very exciting ones in my near future: The Great…
Not TMI but TBI
The Festival of Tina is technically a travel blog. And that means you are supposed to review places, events or experiences. The problem is I’m not really good with the details.
Soup from a stone… fancy that!
So last weekend I paid $30 to attend a luxury travel event that included free champagne. As it turned out, it was bottomless champagne.
It seemed like a good idea at the time, again
I’ve now asked a few important people in my life to make sure that when I die, the children get this written on my tombstone.
Caution, deep water
You might think my work trips are just an excuse to visit friends in the USA. You’re wrong. I really do go to the office in New York. And then I sing at the Bitter End. And then I visit friends.
Second Honeymoon
There is nowhere more romantic than Hawaii. So when the internet said that the cheapest way to get to Arizona for a conference was via Honolulu I literally swooned. Who knew I’d end up on a honeymoon? Turned out, this…
Writer’s block over
Obviously the writing gods must know I’ve been a bit lax about working on my novel lately. Who would have thought there’d be an actual crime scene out the front of my house on Christmas Eve, followed by a medical…