Author: Patti Mangan

Co-Founder / Publisher An intuitive designer and creative business strategist, Patti brings a wealth of ideas and experience to Tango Diva. Her team, at Imagine That Design Studio, publishes the website to support the extensive range of resources needed to fulfill the needs of an online international community. Patti provides an engaging and informal approach to creative problem solving. Her insightful perspective leads to design solutions that are as fresh as they are effective. As a world traveler for 35+ years, she shares her personal stories, travel tips and dreams of future destinations. "I have been reflecting on how almost all of my moments of true happiness and clarity of being have been while dipping into coastal waters: Santa Barbara East Beach as a towheaded child, Ovalau-Fiji on my first truly solo journey, Bondi Beach-Australia with the divine Meegan Adamson, Monaco with 30 brand new Contiki buddies, utterly alone on a vast beach on the north coast of New Zealand, cavorting in Key West with Laura, Cancun with some guy who was just as happy as I was just to be in the waves, Ipanema-Brazil with fireball Bia, Mancora-Peru with winsome Walter, Sanary-France with sultry Sandrine and much more - that I will give some time to float to the top of mind and get back to you.
  • Morgan Clendenen’s “Second Sin” Syrah

    Last nite I savored sin – a sample of a very limited release of Syrah from Cold Heaven Cellars. Delicious. Paired with a colorful appetizer of butternut squash polenta and mushroom mouse prepared by Executive Chef Josh Brown of Bouchon, Santa Barbara. Morgan is visibly passionate about her winemaking. She spoke lightly of the Syrah…

  • London Calling

    At last! After 2 days at the World Travel Market I am free to roam London like a real tourista! The WTM was amazing, I have to admit. The energy was so positive and every continent in the world was represented. 46,000 people from the four corners of the globe desended on London for 4…

  • Fun Friday

    Another blissful day here in St. George. Just finished having a wonderful massage – time slot courtesy of Cynthia. I am grateful. We all have been so busy I never had a chance to book a treatment for myself. What a gift – an hour of kneading, just an inch from pure pain and several inches…

  • Pinkie Swear

    A rousing game of texas hold’em and rounds of Mudslide Kahluas finishes off another fantastic day here at Red Mountain Spa! We all hiked all over Snow Canyon – lava flows and petrified sand dunes galore. Exhausting. Then gentle yoga. Healthy lunch. Every meal is healthy. Brooke and Cynthia headed off for a gealogy tour…

  • Mother Earth

    We all here now- the tango diva adventure crew – and we are turning heads as we laugh and move thru the resort. We are growing as a group with every activity. Thiis mornings hike to Johnsons Arch was easier than yesterdays near trot thru the dry riverbed of Red Mountain itself. The names of the classes…