SAVANNAH – TABLE FOR ONE

Why does dining solo during a vacation seem scarier than dining solo in your hometown? I dine alone frequently. Not because my friends are put off by my chewing mannerisms but because I choose it that way. Let me eat in peace. But during my recent solo Savannah trip, dining alone suddenly seemed frightening. Come…

SOLO THROUGH SAVANNAH

Savannah, GA has never been on my bucket list. I hold nothing against this charming southern city, but I never felt the urge to conquer it like the English during the Revolutionary War. But I had a three-day weekend and I wanted to escape Tampa Bay. I would be traveling by myself and I didn’t…

MY BEGINNER’S MOUNTAIN BIKING STORY

Ever looked around and wondered what you were doing some place because you KNOW you completely stood out? But you also KNOW you’re in the right place? My social alarm immediately began ringing before I even stepped into the sky lift ticket line. I stood out in a sea of boys and men made even…

HALF INTO HOLCOMB VALLEY

I didn’t think my almost-new economy car rental could look like it had climbed out of a quicksand pit– this is the cool mountains for gosh sake!—but it did in the name of history. Holcomb Valley is one of those secret, hidden treasures offered by Big Bear Lake, CA. And I mean treasure literally… well,…