I love the article Confessions of An Introverted Traveler. Finally someone has written something that dispels the myth that all introverted personality types are socially awkward loners and therefore bad travel companions. I’m an introvert, which is a fact that most of my friends find hard to believe. “But you talk so much!” is their… Read More The Introverted Traveler
Vintage Flight Attendant Uniform by Pradagirl When I was little, I wanted to be a dolphin trainer at Sea World. I also wanted to be a stunt woman, a professional ice cream taster, a circus clown and during a six-year stretch in Elementary school, I wanted to act in the sitcom Full House (OMG, I… Read More Wanted: Glamorous Travel Job
I found these Vintage Flight Attendant Uniforms on Pradagirl‘s flickr page. We’ve come a long way since flight attendants were required to dress like pole dancers, no? Wow, talk about a little added leg (room). Can you imagine what a SouthWest flight attendant would say if she were asked to wear that today? I think… Read More Prepare for Take-Off: Sexy Stewardess Uniforms of Yesteryear
From the Article, A Global Citizenship, by Leah MacFadyen I believe that one day a passport like this will exist. Is it too much to hope that it happens in my lifetime? That would so solve all of my problems. I mean, can you imagine being allowed to legally live and work in any corner… Read More Global Citizenship, Anyone?
Last weekend I watched tourists pay $16 a person to be escorted in a gondola up and down a canal…by an opera singer. This might have been something I would’ve considered doing if: 1. We’d been in Venice 2. The ‘canal’ hadn’t resembled one of those lazy river rides at Wet n’ Wild As it… Read More The One Tourist Attraction in Vegas I’ll Never Understand
My dad and I at a Cinevegas party at the Palms The Bad Idea that was my move to Vegas wasn’t entirely a waste of time because I got to attend the film festival Cinevegas (think Sundance, only smaller). And it was fun to pretend for a weekend that I was rich and famous. My… Read More Bowling in a Hotel Room in Vegas!
I moved to Las Vegas last week. And I lived there a total of six days before I concluded that perhaps moving to Vegas sans car, job or apartment probably wasn’t the wisest of decisions. I’m now a little broker, a little wiser and back to sleeping on my parents sofa bed in California. I… Read More Waking up in Vegas
“Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” – Dr. Joyce Brothers I’m moving tomorrow. Well, I don’t know if you’d consider what I’m doing to be ‘moving’ exactly. I’ll be packing up my mom’s car and driving to a new city with every intention of living there…But… Read More Trust Your Instincts
While I was packing for “The Big Move, Numero 19” last night, I found a letter that I’d written to myself when I was 14. It was tucked into my 8th grade yearbook and addressed to ‘Future Me.’ The letter made me cry. ’14-year-old Reannon’ had put so much faith in the future. I’d been… Read More A Letter from my Younger Self
In two weeks my parents are going to Kenya to help start a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Their hope is to eventually create a farm where the recovering addicts and alcoholics from the Nairobi slums can learn how to grow their own crops. I’ve been put in charge of researching slum life in Kenya,… Read More ‘Women-Only’ Tribe in Kenya