Tagged With: Travel Addiction

Travel, Soul Mates and a Book about Mormons

I just finished reading Elna Baker‘s memoir, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance.  In it, she recounts the struggles she faced as a 26-year-old Mormon virgin looking for true love in New York city.  She’s a funny writer and her insight into the Mormon faith was interesting and informative.  Now 30, Elna is no longer … Continue reading »

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6 MORE of the Best Travel-Themed Tattoos

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 … Continue reading »

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Why Long-Term Travel Ain’t All That and a Bag of Chips

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 … Continue reading »

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Decorating Idea for Travel Addicts:
DIY Passport Stamp Art

  I love this idea of turning old passport stamps into framed pieces of art.  The blog, A Brooklyn Limestone in Progress, posted a ‘how-to’ guide which makes the whole project seem both easy for amateur artists like myself and cheap (supplies totaled just five bucks).  Here are the steps: 1.  Scan a few of … Continue reading »

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Decorating Ideas for Travel Addicts: Vintage Travel Posters

These photos come from the Boston Public Library’s collection of vintage travel posters.  All of them date back to the “The Golden Age of Travel” (1920s through the 1940s).  Here’s an exert taken from the description on their Flicker page. “Travel agents and ticket offices during this period were festooned with vivid, eye-catching posters, all … Continue reading »

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