Montserrat means “serrated” or sawed mountain. Earlier this week I climbed Montserrat in the province of Barcelona, Spain. No easy feat with a weak knee but I believe my sports training physically prepared me for the experience. Montserrat in physical context Four years ago, when I committed to run a triathlon I had to learn […]
Living In The Moment: From Catalonia Spain With Love
As a modern culture, most of us live our lives in the future. I believe there are only a few times in our life where we are conscious and in-the-moment, cognizant of how our life events have led us to a particular singular experience. Oftentimes those instances are dream-come-true events like marriage, birth, artistic or […]
Take A Virtual Trip With Your Kids And Brain Chase
Last month I mentioned a cool virtual summer learning program called Brain Chase. If you missed the post, you can check it out here. The company has just released several new announcements that are making this program even hotter for your kids! Shoot, I’m jealous I can’t participate. First off, they created a real Sunstone. What?! […]
Benefits of Educational Summer Camps When Not Traveling
It’s amazing to think that there are less than two months left in the school year. This time of year is always a hustle for me as I sort out both summer family travel plans and summer camps. I’m definitely NOT one of those parents who has their kids signed up for camp by the […]
Family Trip Planning And Travel Fun in Williamsburg VA
Spring has arrived so now it’s time to start planning for our summer family travel. I can remember traveling with my family every year for three or four summers to Williamsburg, VA. I was a teenager at the time. We’d explore Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens, a few restaurants, an outlet center, and then pretty much […]
How To Simplify Trip Planning So That You Can Travel More
Do you see never-ending pics of friends or travel bloggers on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest to exotic far-off places and foam at the mouth with envy? Maybe they’re somewhere not so far-off but your’re still dreaming that it was you doing all that traveling. Wouldn’t it be nice to be on the other side of […]
Combine Brain Chase And Travel For Kids Summer Learning
March is quickly coming to a close. Many of us parents are already thinking about Summer plans, most of which involves a balance of travel and summer learning. I have a problem that I deal with every year once June rolls around: summer learning loss. Earlier this week I received an email from a learning […]
How Hope Kept My Travel Life Alive
Since June 12, 2012 I’ve woken up everyday fueled by one main emotion, hope. That was the day that we learned that my youngest (4 years old at the time) had leukemia. News like that changes your outlook on life. How hope changes your outlook I wake up everyday hoping that it’s a healthy day. […]
[Biz] What Is Video Stir Floating Clips For Websites?
In this video, I talk about the floating clip that you saw when you came on my site, Video Stir. Watch this 5 minute video or read the transcript below to learn more about this service and see how you can use it for your own website purposes. [Transcript] Hi guys, it’s Tawanna here. I […]
An On-Camera Look At Online Privacy Protection
If you’ve never thought about protecting your online privacy, now is the time to give it some consideration. As we become more connected, data hacking is becoming more prevalent. Most of us are being tracked right now. What information is stored on your devices? I have all types of information on my phone. Even more on […]