Friday Denver – Comfort Suites DTC FREE – Best Rate Guarantee Saturday Albuquerque – Hampton Inn University Midtown $119 (Best Rate Guarantee – will receive $50 American Express gift card) Sunday Scottsdale – The Phoenician SPG Category 5… Read More ›
Machu Picchu, Peru – remnants of a lost civilization Brazil – Rio, futbol, beaches, rainforests, shamans Nepal – Himalayas, trekking, tigers, monkeys, Buddhist temples India – Varanasi, the River Ganges, Hinduism, spice plantations, Indian cuisine, Rama Empire Maldives – Indian… Read More ›
Saturday – Sunday – Monday Tannenbaum by the River – Breckenridge, CO $40 (thanks to friends) Condo with deck overlooking stream Tuesday Holiday Inn Express Denver Tech Center FREE (Best Rate Guarantee) Wednesday Sleep Inn Denver Tech Center… Read More ›
Friday Aloft Denver International Airport $76 (Best Rate Guarantee: matched rate + 2000 SPG points) (counts toward Free Night Promotion) Modern, funky, friendly Saturday Hilton Garden Inn Denver Tech Center $97 – $50 Gift Card (from previous BRG) =… Read More ›
I arrived in Portland at the beginning of October 2014. I unloaded my belongings into an apartment for two days, but never slept there. The nonsmoking apartment smelled of cigarettes, an upstairs neighbor directed a garish tirade at his girlfriend,… Read More ›
I love Portland! My dog and I lived in Hillsdale, a neighborhood in Southwest Portland, in 2006 and 2007. In that timeframe, I enrolled in master’s courses in Urban and Regional Planning at Portland State University. I also took the… Read More ›
Friday June 4 Holiday Inn Denver East – Stapleton $98 (earned 12,000+ IHG points for this stay by stacking 4 promotions) A convivial hotel with balcony accompanying each room – Great view of sun setting over downtown Denver with Front… Read More ›
What an experience! Three days in the East Bay. Three days in San Francisco. A couple nights in Portland. Another in Humboldt County and one in Eugene. Windshield time in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,… Read More ›
As my impromptu quest approached the Balkan Peninsula, a foremost sensation arose: supreme serenity, divergent from Jerusalem, palpable nonetheless. Idyllic islands peppering the vast Aegean Sea, wrapped in pine, cedar, and olive. Fishing boats, catamarans, cruise and industrial ships, arriving and departing the port at Piraeus.
In May of 2009, my mother and I traversed France over 10 days. On our final day, at a Paris hotel, I perused cheap flights on the Internet, chancing upon a low-cost Belgian airline, Jetairfly, with one-way flights from Liege, Belgium, to Tel Aviv, for 99 euros.
