The Travel Adventure Show in Los Angeles is an event I love to go to each year because I always get useful travel tips and meet contacts in the travel industry. This year I attended as media and during a press briefing listened to Pauline Frommer from Frommers.com who gave us inside information about the best flight search engines. View of the Travel Adventure Show Los … [Read more...]
Best of Baby Boomer Blogs: Useful Information, Observations, and Love
The very cool thing about our Best of Boomer Blogs bloggers is that each of us is so different and offer a unique perspective on what life is like as aging adults. In this week’s collection, our bloggers give us useful information on topics that relate to what we are experiencing when it comes to our health, love, travel, pets, and even our favorite movies. Valentines … [Read more...]
Celebrate Galentine’s Day Year Round with Your Girlfriends
Valentine’s Day can either be a time of romance or a day of frustration if you are either divorced, widowed, never bothered to get into a relationship, or love has gone by the wayside. If that’s you, you may want Valentine’s Day to pass by as quickly as possible, so you don’t have to think about it. But, there’s another alternative. You can celebrate Galentine’s Day with your … [Read more...]
I Lost My Partner Again – Dealing with the Loss of a Loved One
If you’re wondering why I’ve been quiet, it’s because I lost my partner Doug over the weekend. He fought stage 4 Pancreatic cancer for a year and a half. Many people don't go near as long with that devastating disease. On a Caribbean Cruise on the island of Tortola in 2005 - Holland America - when I was skinnier. Unlike some cancers, pancreatic has a dismal survival … [Read more...]
Planning on Traveling to Europe? You’ll Need ETIAS Authorization in 2021
As if there wasn’t enough red tape to make going on a trip complicated, now you will have to register with the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) if you’re thinking about traveling to Europe after January 1, 2021. Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy This will apply to all 26 countries in the Schengen Zone EU. But, before you start cursing that it’s … [Read more...]
