Category Archives: Travels

When Your Vicki’s Secrets are No Longer Secret

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Have you ever just felt totally violated when coming from the airport?? I have had 2 occurrences. On a return trip from Detroit I once had to walk through the scanner, THEN get a full body scan in the fancy new machine, THEN I got a patdown too!!! This earned me the “Baggage Handler” badge on…

Preparing For Your First (or 50th) Conference

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On Wednesday I am heading down to beautiful Asheville, NC for the Type-A Parent (formerly Type-A Mom) conference. This technically counts as my 8th conference or blogger speaking event. Wow! And you know what? I still do not have it down. Each time I get ready to go to one I get nervous. I usually…

The Travel Madness has Begun

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You may remember that I went to Vegas in January for CES, and then flew right away to Detroit for the Ford Green event. February – April proved to be fairly calm for travel. But, with May… the madness begins! I just got back from Gleek Retreat up in Holland, MI which is a BEAUTIFUL…

Guest Post: Must-Have Tech for Travel

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Gadgets, gadgets, gadgets… that is mostly what this blog is about if you have not noticed. And anyone willing to help me with my gadget addiction is a friend of mine. Below, Sarah talks about a few must have gadgets for travel. I traveled a LOT this past year as you may know if you…

Recap of My Year So Far: All Conferenced Out

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Yes, I can admit it. I am officially all conferenced and traveled out for this year. I’m beat. This is October and I feel like I have been running nonstop for months. Ok. I have been running nonstop for months. I commend those that travel ALL.THE.TIME. I have gotten used to it, but I miss home, and…

Planes, Trains, and Buses

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No, this is not a recap post. Well, not exactly.  It’s more a recap on how this little girl that used to not like to travel, has turned into a traveling fool. As you all know, at the beginning of August I went to BlogHer in New York. The very next week I played tourist…