My Travel Photo is Now a Giant Mural at a Wegmans Grocery Store?!
How Did My Picture End Up On Huge Wall? You truly never know where your digitally published photos may wind up. You also never know what fruits your art may …
Blogging and Technology
I started this travel and life blog in 2010, and have learned a lot along the way about what makes great articles, and how the technology works. Here are some ideas.
The REAL “Influence” Synonym, Explained in Happy Place Pics
“Do you consider yourself an ‘Influencer?’” My former student, Savannah, popped this awkward question as we swung open the doors to “Happy Place,” the surreal pop-up photography playground that zinged …
I’m in a Tourism Video for Folly Beach, SC!
Ahhh!!! The tourism video that I was invited to be in for Folly Beach, SC is out! Here it is… This is my first time ever being in a professionally-produced tourism video, …
What Succeeded This Year? What Was Behind the Scenes?
Hello! As I delight in doing each December, let’s see which stories were most successful of the 24 I wrote on this travel blog this year… and then I’ll give you some …
The Best Camera for Travel and Home: A Full Guide
When I got the 400th message asking, “Which camera is best for both travel and home?” and “How do I get great photos as easily and affordably as possible?” I …
Which Articles and Photos Earned Most Love and Why?
Why do some articles do well, and others flop? Each year, I delight in the geekery of analyzing this site’s stats, gleaning trends and tips for moving forward in online …
How I Lost Thousands of Dollars, Or: What Is Free?
It’s 1am, and the baby is finally asleep after perma-nursing all, day, and I KNOW I should “sleep when the baby sleeps,” but I have to get this out. It’s …
And the Most Popular Travel Articles of the Year Are…
Howdy! I hope your year was fabulous. As a blogging geek, one of my favorite end-of-year activities is to investigate which of the 50 articles I published in the past …
How is Turkish Airlines to Fly, and Behind the Scenes?
Just look at the expansive leg room in the above photo from my Boston-Istanbul flight. That, my friends, is the seductive beast known as “Business Class,” and now that I’ve …
What Makes a Popular Article: Top 10 Reads of the Year
Woo hoo, what a year it’s been! Over the past 12 months, I began to get the hang of this travel-as-a-new-parent thing, and voyaged through New York, Florida, Martha’s Vineyard, …