The Festival of Tina is all about collecting memories. But finding the right words to describe these experiences is what makes it fun for me. Apparently I now have so many ‘sayings’ that I have to write a book. I…
Category: travel
The people you meet… again
It is the opposite of walking along and a seagull shits on you from a great height. You walk into a bar, stand on the sidelines of a frisbee game or stretch your legs on a plane and…. tada… an…
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…
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.
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…
Pink boots or not, I’ve still got it
It’s been a few weeks since I hung up the pink boots and I haven’t missed it. To be fair most of that time has been spent sick in bed. But it’s good to know that with or without the…
It’s time. Like now
Remember back at start of the FOT, I was on a reconnaissance mission. I had a year’s head start on my friend Jane in the “what do we do with our lives once the kids finish school” game. Well, today…