In March 2024, the stars aligned for me and I had a work trip in Orlando the week before the Miami Open, so I booked some vacation time and rented a car to drive down to Miami at the conclusion of my work trip. I went for two days of the Miami Open tournament, attending... Continue Reading →
The Wild West town of Tombstone, Arizona first came onto my radar through watching paranormal shows as a kid, with the renowned Bird Cage Theatre being close to the top of my paranormal bucket list. Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in the Tombstone movie was also enough to inspire a trip to Tombstone, and I... Continue Reading →
Last summer I took a road trip to Richmond, Virginia. With craft beer rising to popularity over the past ten years or so, most city tourism bureaus nowadays have a beer guide of some sort available on their website, but you can only imagine my thrill when I discovered Richmond's Beer Trail and just how... Continue Reading →
In early June this year my job took me to Phoenix to work a conference. It was my first time ever in Arizona and coincided with a milestone birthday for me, so I decided to extend my trip to be a workcation, which involved renting a car and driving down to Tombstone with a two... Continue Reading →
Last summer I had the pleasure of attending a few days of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, which I added onto a weekend trip to Richmond, VA. I can't recommend the DC Open enough for any tennis fans who live on the east coast. It's a fun and affordable way to see tennis from top... Continue Reading →
2024 for me has been the year of the bleisure trip - I've been fortunate enough to take several business trips this year, and being tight on money now that those student loan payments have kicked back in post-pandemic (*sigh*), I've used my opportunities this year to add on vacation days to my business trips.... Continue Reading →
I grew up going on day trips to Baltimore, Maryland all the time for the aquarium, but had never visited the Maryland state capitol of Annapolis, located a bit further south along the Chesapeake Bay. Aside from being the state capitol, Annapolis is next best known for being the home of the United States Naval... Continue Reading →
Last July, I had my sights set on attending the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, DC, and since I was already headed south from Philly, decided to add on some extra days to explore another city that I had never been to: Richmond, the capitol of Virginia. It had been on my list for... Continue Reading →
The Danube River region has a long history of brewing beer, and given their proximity to Czechia, which holds the record for per capita beer consumption, beer is a big part of the culture in the countries of Slovakia and Hungary. I visited the capital cities of Bratislava and Budapest, and tried a few regional... Continue Reading →
Austria doesn't receive a lot of attention in the beer scene, often being overshadowed by the renowned brews of neighboring Germany and Czechia. But Austria does have its own robust collection of both historic breweries and newer, smaller craft breweries, and is just behind Czechia at the top of the list for per capita beer... Continue Reading →
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