Pura Vida, Baby
Dave and I just returned from four glorious days at the Hyatt Andaz Costa Rica. The resort is located on the Papagayo Peninsula and is...
June/July Trip Summary
I have planned an outstanding trip to Russia and the Baltic capitols using points and miles.
Christmas 2016 - Germany and France
Wow, it's been a long time since I've written a blog post! The fall semester has been crazy. Even with all the madness of a two-teacher...
Takes One to Know One
An idiot, I mean. And I am in full-on "idiot mode" this week. I've managed to duplicate a hotel reservation in Madrid and almost botched...
Italy and Spain - Flights For Freeish
Soooooo...you've got that AwardWallet membership all fired up and you're ready to start accumulating miles, right? Crickets... For those...
How do you DO that??
As usual, I'm late to the party, but when I go, I go big. I discovered travel hacking in late 2014. Since then, LOTS has changed in The...
I DROVE TO FIREWHEEL MALL IN THE RAIN...
It's been raining a LOT in Dallas this spring. It's significant that I would drive to a mall 45 minutes away in a driving rainstorm...but...