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16 07, 2015

Gondola Ride at The Venetian Las Vegas

By Lili|July 16th, 2015|Categories: Activities, Travel|Tags: 2011, Girl’s Weekend, Gondola Ride, gondolier, Grand Canal, Las Vegas, Nevada, North America, ride, The Venetian, Travel Thursday, USA, Venice|0 Comments

Me and my friend Heather enjoying our Gondola Ride. Las Vegas gets a bad rap of being gaudy and fake. But that is actually part of its charm and you have to enjoy it for what it is. Take for instance the Gondola Ride at The Venetian hotel. You are serenaded while being ferried around the waters of The Venetian hotel. The start of the indoor route. The inside route is a facsimile for Venice's tight waterways, and you'll float below bridges, shops, and cafes while the fake sky looms overhead and tourists gawk and take

13 07, 2015

Museum Monday: Triceratops Skull

By Lili|July 13th, 2015|Categories: Dinosaurs, Museums, Travel|Tags: Boulder, Colorado, Museum of Natural History, North America, triceratops, University of Colorado, USA|0 Comments

There is a little and overlooked museum on the University of Colorado campus called the Museum of Natural History. It is quite small, but has a good section on dinosaurs. Its main piece is a large Triceratops Skull. It even has its own personality and facebook page. Come check it out at the Henderson Building. Triceratops Skull Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

29 06, 2015

Museum Monday: Mermaids or Manatees?

By Lili|June 29th, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, exhibit, Fantasy, Manatees, Mermaid, museum, Mythical Creatures, Myths, North America, sailor, USA|0 Comments

Did sailors confuse Manatees for Mermaids? Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Mythic Creatures Exhibit is available to see through September 7th. Read my review here. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

27 06, 2015

Souvenir Saturday: Sand Castles in the Sky

By Lili|June 27th, 2015|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: California, castle, collections, HIMYM, How I Met Your Mother, North America, San Diego, Sand Castle, statue, TV Show, USA|0 Comments

My family use to live in San Diego when I was very little. Every trip that either they or I have gone, I have received a Sand Castle as a gift. Here is one of my favorites, and it is one of the larger castles. They are made from real sand! Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.

1 06, 2015

Museum Monday: Mammoths and Mastodons

By Lili|June 1st, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, exhibit, Mammoths, Mastodons, North America, USA|0 Comments

A few years ago, Denver Museum of Nature and Science had an exhibit called Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age. It wasn't one of the best exhibits I'd seen, but there were some great Mammoth skeletons on display. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

28 05, 2015

Las Vegas Budget & Cost Analysis

By Lili|May 28th, 2015|Categories: Travel, Travel Budget|Tags: 2011, American Storm, analysis, budget, bus, Canyon Ranch Spa, cost, dolphins, Fremont, gambling, Girl’s Weekend, Golden Nugget, Gondola, Las Vegas, Massage, Mirage, Nevada, North America, pool, ride, Secret Garden, Southwest, Spa, Stripper101, The Venetian, The Venetian's Canyon Ranch Spa, Throwback Thursday, tipping, Titanic, USA, Vegas, VIP Lounge, white tiger|0 Comments

Consider this my "Throwback Thursday". I'm slowly moving over posts from my travelpod blog, this is one I did breaking down my costs for a 4 day trip to Las Vegas, NV in April 2011 for a friend's bachelorette party. Las Vegas at Night Originally I wanted to go to Las Vegas after seeing deals on bookit.com but when we actually were ready to book, they didn't seem to have the best deals. I was lucky in the fact that my friend Heather has arranged travel for government agencies and quickly and easily helped plan a good deal

18 05, 2015

Museum Monday: Unicorn Bestiary at DMNS

By Lili|May 18th, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: bible, Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, exhibit, Fantasy, hebrew, museum, Mythical Creatures, Myths, North America, re'em, Unicorn, USA|0 Comments

Some believe that Unicorns come from a mis-translation of the Hebrew bible of the animal Re'em. Unicorns in a Medieval Bestiary. Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Mythic Creatures Exhibit is available to see through September 7th. Read my review here. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

16 05, 2015

Souvenir Saturday: Mustache Shot Glass

By Lili|May 16th, 2015|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: 2011, collection, Girl’s Weekend, gondolier, Las Vegas, Nevada, North America, shot glass, The Venetian, USA, Venice|0 Comments

I have a wide collection of shot glasses, but most of mine are functional. This is one of my only kitchy shot glass, from The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. It is in the shape of a Gondolier, the people who guide the small boats in venice. I picked this up after riding the gondola in the hotel. Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.

4 05, 2015

Are you Jedi or Sith?

By Lili|May 4th, 2015|Categories: Data is Beautiful, Geek, Pop Culture|Tags: #dataisbeautiful, Colorado, Darth Vader, Data Is Beautiful, Denver, DIA, Geek, lightsaber, Millennium Falcon, Movie, North America, Star Wars, Stormtooper, USA, Vader, Wayin|0 Comments

I myself identify with the Dark Side, cause they've got cookies! And they really aren't the villains of the story. Plus even Vader likes to travel! Vader being greeted home at DIA The heroes of Denver.

2 05, 2015

Souvenir Saturday: A Weapon for a More Civilized Age

By Lili|May 2nd, 2015|Categories: Geek, Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: 2010, All Work and Some Play, Anaheim, business trip, California, Disney, Disneyland, lightsaber, Movie, North America, Star Wars, USA, work trip|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