10 06, 2019

Travel Missteps: What you don’t want to see on a beach vacation

By |June 10th, 2019|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I had been shopping for clothes for my upcoming Egypt trip, and I had found the pretty swimsuit top at an outlet mall an hour outside of Miami. I was already a bit shaken up after a fiasco with my Uber, so as soon as I got back to my hotel, I eagerly threw on the swimsuit to head out to the beach. Except...I couldn't. The dang security badge was still on! And there wasn't any nearby stores that could take it off. I was pissed. Thankfully I had an old ugly swimsuit as a backup, but it was a good

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1 05, 2019

April 2019 Recap

By |May 1st, 2019|Categories: Blog Recaps and Roundups|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I spent most of the month in and out of doctors appointments trying to figure out what was wrong. We did find it out, but it took a while. Beyond that I had a work trip to Atlanta, Georiga. I didn't get to do anything fun outside of work, mostly because the only free night, the hotel I was staying at gave me food poisoning and I spent the entire afternoon/night being sick. BOO. I really wanted to go to the famous Aquarium there, but alas it wasn't meant to be. Recommended Reading Lili on the Loose My favorite post

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23 05, 2016

Travel Missteps: You hold a lot of stress in your Butt

By |May 23rd, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

My Miami work trip, wasn't that great. It was hot, it was stressful, and I had the worst string of bad luck I've ever had. On my two days off it didn't get any better. On the first day, my Uber was stolen. The second day didn't turn out much better. And the bad luck started the night before. I had no plans for my last day. I really hoped to go to a spa...a Canyon Ranch Spa. I had been to one in Las Vegas and it was heaven. After my week in Miami, I needed pampering. But when I called,

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15 01, 2016

Purple Seahorse at Toronto Aquarium

By |January 15th, 2016|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Photography, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This is actually a pretty tiny seahorse in a large bubble-like aquarium. It was hard to spot the seahorses hiding amongst the seaweed at the Toronto Aquarium. Read about my review here. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

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8 01, 2016

Wowfactor at CES

By |January 8th, 2016|Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel Memories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

A few years ago I was at the CES show in Las Vegas. It was hard work, and on the last day I had 20 minutes to wander the show floor. I snapped this photo of I think the Toshiba or Logitech booth, not knowing what the cool massive sculpture was. It wasn't until I got home and looked at the photo that I realized the entire thing was made out of computers, tvs, and smart phones! Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

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9 11, 2015

Travel Missteps: Grand Theft Uber

By |November 9th, 2015|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

I did what I've never done before. Not plan. And apparently not planning for me is doomed to failure. I had 2 days off in Miami after a work trip. I really wanted to go out on a boat, visit sandbars, and snorkel. Unfortunately the only boating companies that did that either were booked...or didn't allow single tourists. (The 2nd time Viator has let me down in that regard.) So with my dreams dashed, I ended up not planning anything. This ended up being slightly in my favor, as the weekend before this trip, I decided to go shopping for

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4 06, 2015

Review: Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto Canada

By |June 4th, 2015|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Travel, Travel Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

On a cold evening in February, after a long day of work, I found myself wandering the downtown area of Toronto. I had needed to take a break and get some air before coming back and finishing up a project for work. But most everything was closed except for bars & clubs.  So instead I wandered towards the tall glowing spire of the CN Tower. Usually I do a lot of planning for a trip, but this trip was just for work and I had only found out about it a few days earlier. So my knowledge of what to do in

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2 05, 2015

Souvenir Saturday: A Weapon for a More Civilized Age

By |May 2nd, 2015|Categories: Geek, Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I've written before about my dash through Disneyland, but wanted to show you the awesome lightsaber I built! This is the lightsaber when its "retracted". There is a button that activates the sound and light, and you kind of just throw it upwards to make the lightsaber come fully out. I picked purple as its my favorite color! After you select the base hilt (and if you wanted a double bladed lightsaber) you then select the color, and then select the various hilt customizers. One cool feature not many know about these custom lightsabers is that

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