Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
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…
I had to share this because Cigar City Brewing is one of my new favorite places in Central Florida. It’s only an hour drive from Orlando, which for me is both a blessing and a curse. I’ve actually been twice in the past week or so. The first time I went in the afternoon and…
Lakeridge Winery is one of my favorite places to go when I need to escape the tourist nonsense that always takes over Orlando around the holidays. It’s about a 45 minute drive from the tourist attractions and I don’t think many out-of-towners know about it, which is great! I got off to a rocky start…
As if going on a Carnival Cruise weren’t bad enough, apparently “that time some thing horrifying happened to me far away” is becoming a series. (see, that time I was kidnapped in Arusha). I’ve previously written about Nassau and taken a “come on guys, it’s not so bad” stance. I still maintain that it’s not…
Ok, I get it now. Lots of avid travelers I’ve talked to have been distinctly anti-cruise. I assumed it was mostly because it’s not the most authentic cultural experience. I’ve been on mostly Disney cruises (and one kinda gross, but not un-enjoyable Royal Caribbean cruise), so up until now I didn’t get it. That’s why…
“Where should I go when I’m in America?” This is a question I’m asked almost every time I go abroad, usually from people that don’t quite grasp the scope of our country. There really is no one place you could go to get a good feeling for the overall culture of the United States. In…
Call it the Halloween spirit, but my takeaways from Key West seem to be mostly ghost stories. Next door to Robert the Doll, about whom I wrote my last post, I discovered the strange tale of Count Von Cosel. Now, this is a ghost story that’s right up my alley and I’m not sure how…
I recently met one of Key West’s most famous residents, Robert the Doll. With my penchant for ghost stories, I don’t know how I’ve missed him on previous visits to Key West. Now seems like a good time to feature him however, due to the proximity of Halloween, my continual avoidance of voo doo curses,…
