Visiting the Newseum – News Nerds Unite!

As a News Nerd, there’s no other museum I needed to visit on my recent Washington, DC trip more than The Newseum. I’m actually surprised how many people haven’t heard of it before…because it’s awesome! I grabbed my news junkie and reporter friend Jackie and we hit the museum bright and early, beating most of…

Inside tour of the FBI

I’ve blogged before about my cool experience with the FBI Citizens Academy.  But now, I’ve just returned from a trip to the FBI mother-ship – a trip to FBI HQ in Washington, DC and the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Thursday was our day in DC at headquarters.  We were not allowed to bring cell…

Taking over Washington, DC!

This blog is coming to you live from beautiful Washington, DC – where the weather is cold and the leaves are beautiful. I’m currently on a slightly business-related trip to the nation’s capital and staying in this city with one of my best friends. So it’s quite a busy week so far and the only…

Top 10 EPCOT Food & Wine Fest Foods

The Good News:  There is so much amazing food at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival! The Bad News:  It’s almost impossible (and really expensive) to try it all. I’ve sampled my fair share of food at the event through the years – so here’s a list to help you with your planning… The…

Happy 30th birthday EPCOT

Walt Disney World’s EPCOT celebrates 30 years today. There’s some great merchandise out to celebrate the milestone. As always, shopping is one of my favorite things! But I wanted to celebrate today with some fun facts about EPCOT. • Epcot was opened 1st October 1982 after three years of construction. • The pavements at Epcot…

My biggest fear: Bridges

I’m afraid of bridges. Especially drawbridges – if you are on a road, and it’s designed to actually open at some point, it’s not really a road and I’m not interested in being on it. But really bridges in general freak me out. I mean, freak.me.out. I like to think it all started when I…

New Running Shoes

So I’ve been on this “get in shape” kick for about 3 years now, with little success.  The problem always seems to be about time.  I just don’t have enough of it. Here’s the thing, I’m a routine person.  If I can get into a routine, then I’m good.  But if something disrupts that routine…