by Suzanne Dunning It was a sizzling summer afternoon in Seville, Spain. The temperature was well over a hundred, and my backpack felt like it had melted my shirt and adhered to my skin. My feet had turned a dusty gray from hours of walking on dusty, cobbled roads. Wafts of cool air passing through…
by Brooklyn Garambullo, Fitness Diva I am headed to my home state of New Mexico on what seems like a school bus with wings. Staring out the window, I watch the clouds. Hundreds of magical, light, fluffy clouds line up like floats in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. My attention turns to the other passengers…
Today I sent my introduction and a few chapters of FLY SOLO off to my editor at Penguin (Perigee imprint). I wrote about San Francisco, Reykjavik Iceland, Amsterdam, Crested Butte Colorado, and Vienna. It’s nerve-racking sending that much content to an editor for the first time. Will she like what I’ve poured my heart into,…
Spent our first morning hiking along the Santa Clara riverbank – finding many petroglyphs in the high canyon walls. In January the river broke the banks and swept 22 homes away – carving new banks and destroying some of the trail. Guess this is only a once in a 100 years kind of thing. Great…
It’s Sunday afternoon and the past few days have been a blur. On Thursday I flew down to San Diego to do some FLY SOLO research and attend a fundraiser for Project Concern, an organization that helps save lives and builds healthy communities throughout the world. Check them out at www.ProjectConcern.com. Saturday morning we flew…
I am pulling it all together – at the last moment as I usually do. I know will be up all night. At 3:00 am, I will give up and give in to sleep. Still – I will need to rise early to come back to the office in the morning to feed Tango –…
by Peng Ong It’s funny; even though I grew up there, Kuala Lumpur is still my favorite place to visit—and my favorite place to eat. With the country’s mix of Chinese, Malay, and Indian cuisines, Malaysia offers a multitude of international cuisines to tantalize your taste buds. When I’m away, I miss nasi lemak (coconut…