Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
I recently got to spend Bacardi’s 153 birthday in the best place I can think of to celebrate, the Distillery at Casa Bacardi in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Distillery was the only thing on my absolutely must see list on this trip. I was content to just wander around the Disney Fantasy and St…
I really wish I had more time to explore Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. It was one of the places I was most excited about visiting on my Disney Cruise, especially since so many people had compared it to one of my favorites, New Orleans. I unfortunately did not have too much time to…
Mardi Gras is one of my favorite holidays. I just love it, the food, the drinks, the parades, the swag, the colors, I love everything about it. I mean, it’s weeks dedicated to getting all of your bad decisions out of your system in preparation for 40 days of being mildly appropriate. It’s an entire…
This is the second time I’ve been to St. Martin/St. Maarten and both times have been on cruises, so unfortunately I’ve never had more than a day there. St. Martin (I’m going to use this spelling most because the Dutch language confuses me) is an island owned by two different nations, half Dutch and half…
I just returned from my first trip on the Disney Fantasy. It’s the first of many I hope. I’ve been on the smaller ships, the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder, and I was already smitten. So naturally I was very excited about a bigger, fanicer, newer ship! Disney has outdone itself again. I worked…
I’m freshly back from my recent cruise on the Disney Fantasy and still adjusting to life back on land. I’ve been on several Disney Cruises before, but this was my first time on the newer ships (Dream and Fantasy) that feature Remy. Remy is a fine dining French restaurant based on the Disney Pixar…
Dollywood is a weird place, everyone who’s been there knows that. I’m so torn on my feelings about Dollywood. I love a theme park and it is very well themed. Of course, I also love a gay icon and I just wish it were more camp. It’s one of the few places in the world…
Disclaimer, if you couldn’t tell by the title, this is going to be a rage fueled rant. Proceed accordingly. For those of you that haven’t heard, American garbage-chocolate producer Hershey recently won a lawsuit due to some licensing issues I don’t totally understand that has inhibited the import of British-made Cadbury chocolates. Hershey can…
One of my favorite things about living in Orlando is that no one is actually from here. It’s such a diverse community of retirees and hospitality workers from all over the world and when you couple that with fact that it’s one of the top tourist destinations in the world that makes it a perfect…
Speakeasies have become a relatively recent trend in cities all over the country. Well, I guess you could call it an old trend. Necessity turned trend maybe? While I tend to avoid the overly trendy, my love of fringe, feathers, and fine cocktails wins out over my distaste with the tragically hip every time. As…
