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TRAVEL HERE: FAULTY FINISH AT III FORKS Bill and I have been holding on to a treasure. After my friend, Michael Picolo of Ebby Halliday, closed on a real estate deal we referred to him, he thanked us with gift coins to III Forks.  How’s that for a thank you gift?  This was a few monthsContinue reading “Faulty Finish at III Forks”

TRAVEL HERE/TRAVEL THERE: CHRIS HARRISON ON ROMANCE & TRAVEL AT THE DALLAS TRAVEL & ADVENTURE SHOW Here’s how out of it I am. I didn’t know who Chris Harrison was. His face looked familiar, but I didn’t know why. When I read that he was the host of The Bachelor/Bachelorette, I contemplated not hearing him.Continue reading “Chris Harrison Reflects on Romance and Travel”

TRAVEL HERE: A PERFECT LUNCH AT PAPPACITO’S October is the perfect month to live in Dallas, Texas. The weather is amazing and there are so many things to enjoy. Things like a margarita on the patio at Pappasito’s! Meeting Halfway Living in Far North Dallas with so many restaurants just around the corner, I haveContinue reading “Perfectly Pappasito’s”

TRAVEL HERE/TRAVEL THERE:  TIPS FROM THE AUTHOR OF 1000 PLACES Patricia Schultz, author of 1000 Places to See Before You Die, is a conservatively dressed lady who wears her hair up. She wasn’t who I was expecting.  I sort of thought she’d stroll in wearing a sari or sporting a beret.  She proves that anyoneContinue reading “Suggestions from the 1000 Places Author”

RAVEL HERE: ENTERTAINMENT BOOK APP Just when I thought I’d had all the APP-y fun I could have, I opened up my new edition of the Entertainment coupon book and found out the fun had only begun.  See I’ve been a faithful Entertainment coupon-er for a long time.  I’m on their automatic renewal list andContinue reading “Entertaining My APP-etite”

TRAVEL HERE/TRAVEL THERE: THE TRAVEL & ADVENTURE SHOW Going solo to the Travel and Adventure Show gave it a different flavor.  In the past I’d gone with my husband or my bestie, but when travel is the subject at hand, I don’t need a wing man. Flying Solo I arrived as the doors opened andContinue reading “The 2013 Dallas Travel & Adventure Show”

TRAVEL HERE: USING SHOPKICK & CARTWHEEL AROUND DALLAS With my Ulta disappointment turned to triumph, it was time for further investigation into the whole Shopkick experience. I’d browsed through enough online catalogs to unlock a whole bevy of walk-in points.  If you don’t know what I mean by that, then you need me to inviteContinue reading “Shopkicking the Galleria & Cartwheeling Home”

TRAVEL HERE/TRAVEL THERE: TRANSPORTED BY BROCHURES I’m all about the next place I’m going.  I’ve usually got several trips I’m planning at any given time, but that doesn’t keep me from wishing and dreaming about other places.  When I’m dreaming, I travel by brochure.  In this digital age, it’s easy to google up pretty muchContinue reading “Transportation @ Brochure”

TRAVEL HERE: I’M CUCKOO FOR SHOPPING APPS Shopkick-ing at Best Buy OK, so I’ve just collected my first walk-in points with Shop-kick and at pretty much the same time, I discover if you look through the online catalogs there, you get Shopkick points. I was in App Heaven.  As Bill talked to the salesman aboutContinue reading “Cuckoo for Shopping Apps”

TRAVEL HERE: AN APP-Y SHOPPING TRIP Nope, that’s not a typo. I just discovered I have an APP-titude for shopping. OK! OK! I’ll stop. Shopping with Apps You may be an app expert, but I arrived late to the smartphone party –  like just a few months ago. But I remember watching newscasts for BlackContinue reading “Shopkick, Cartwheel & FidMe”