Once a blog, book and art exhibit, artist Vahram Muratyan’s Paris vs New York pictures are now a set of 100 postcards. When I first heard about this from @brainpicker on twitter, I thought: “Cute, but what are you supposed to do with 100 flashcards?” Then I had the idea to create a wall collage. You can… Read More Decorating Ideas for Travel Addicts: Paris vs New York Postcard Collage
Are you a hottie with a body? You may be able to fly for free. But at what cost?… Read More New Travel Dating Site Matches Pretty Women with Rich Travelers
Um, I love all of these. Will one of you please buy me the telescope necklace? Pretty please? This globe locket is made out of brass and costs $32.50. It’s available via Plastic Couture. The telescope is collapsible and really works! It costs $33.99 and is available on Glazed Black Cherry’s Etsy page. The two hand-painted… Read More Fashion for Travel Addicts: Adventure-themed Jewelry
I saw a photo of one of these in a travel magazine while I was flying home from Beijing a few weeks ago and wanted to buy it immediately. They’d look awesome in my travel-themed bedroom, no? I like the vintage look of Eviva’s custom Geography Love Prints, but out of all the prints listed… Read More Decorating Ideas for Travel Addicts: Map Art
Fly up, up and away with these vintage hot air balloon necklaces and earrings… Read More Fashion for Travel Addicts: Hot Air Balloon Jewelry
I adopted a dog! His name is Frankfurter von Hot Dog (Frankie for short) and he’s a Dachshund. I got him at the animal shelter and so far he’s been one anxious little terror. In the five days since I bought him, he’s pooped on the floor five times, escaped from his kennel twice, scratched… Read More I adopted a dog! Are my expat days officially over?
I’ve always been a fan of airplanes (hence my stint working for an airline and my obsession with airplane boneyards). Thus, for those that know me, it should come as no surprise that I’ve been trying to come up with a creative way to decorate my bedroom using airplanes I made out of origami (yep,… Read More Decorating Ideas for Travel Addicts: Paper Plane Art
After stumbling upon on an Apartment Therapy post about how to decorate using ABC flashcards, I had an idea to do something similar using postcards and photos from my travels. I’ve been wanting to find something to do with my postcard collection (other than framing or scrapbooking them) but I didn’t want to spend a… Read More Decorating Ideas for Travel Addicts: Postcard Wall Hanging
If you’re like most first-time visitors to this blog, you stumbled onto it by google-searching one of the following search terms: 3. “Western women are spoiled” 2. “Virgin-Atlantic Uniform” Or 1. “Travel Tattoos” Yep, those are my blog’s three most popular search terms (Pretty eclectic readership I’ve got going, huh?) Well, dear readers, I figured it was… Read More 6 MORE of the Best Travel-Themed Tattoos
Blogger Tina Su longed to escape the dull routine of daily life and thus, like so many of others who read about ‘mini-retirements’ in The 4-Hour Workweek, she put her job on hold and went on an extended tour through India. A few weeks into her trip however, she realized that the image she’d had… Read More Why Long-Term Travel Ain’t All That Great