Jessie Voigts's Blog, page 179
March 27, 2017
Join Wanderful: A Sisterhood of Women Travelers
Imagine you’re going to Madrid and you’d like someone to join you for a tapas bar crawl or a day at the Prado museum…but you don’t know anyone in Madrid and have never been there before. In fact, the idea of landing in such a big city and being completely on your own is a bit daunting. Still, you have always wanted to go there and aren’t ready to give up the idea.
When I first started thinking of traveling more, I immediately began to make a list o...
Hosting Your Own Chocolate Tasting
Do you know the right way to eat chocolate?
Real chocolate, not the overly waxy variety that’s common in grocery store aisles and tends to have a saccharine aftertaste.
I didn’t.
Despite years of thinking of myself as a chocolate connoisseur and doing my best to have a daily serving (or two!) of chocolate, I’d never gone to a chocolate tasting, where the intricacies of the flavor and the importance of the purity of the beans were explained in de...
March 26, 2017
Florida Culture for the Week of March 26, 2017 By Josh Garrick
Florida Culture for the Week of March 26, 2017 By Josh Garrick
TODAY – FINAL PERFORMANCE – The Orlando Ballet in MasterWorks
The Orlando Ballet sets up its own challenge taking on one work each from what may be the three GREATEST CHOREOGRAPHERS of the 20th Century. ‘MasterWorks’ includes choreography by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. I predict greatness and urge you to be there to experience it. Call 844.513.2014 or visit drphil...
March 25, 2017
All Your Life You Dream of This: Cinderella on Tour
Kids know. We should have been more prepared, perhaps... with a ball gown? Full-length gloves? Sparkly shoes? But the kids in the audience at Cinderella on Tour, at Miller Auditorium at WMU last night? They were ready. We saw ball gowns of all kinds, though mostly shimmery and glittery, to be honest. We saw more tiaras than I've ever seen in one place before. And, we saw some girls rocking a punk princess look, with converses, cinderella tshirts, an...
March 24, 2017
Wonderful World of White
You know how you find a photographer, and then click through their ENTIRE Instagram, liking each one? Or heading to their website to discover more? When we find such a creative artist that speaks to us, it’s both a lucky occurrence (finding them in the millions of people online) and a life-enhancing moment. From now on, our lives will be enriched by their talent, view, artistry, and sharing of their worldview.
One such artist I love to follow is Cur...
Digital Nomad Tips: How to Make Money on the Road
Jobs are easy to find these days. You can find a job flipping burgers, waiting tables, cutting lawns, or folding clothes in a mall pretty quickly, if you put a couple days of legwork in. High paid careers, on the other hand…those are hard to come by. They require hard work, college, sacrifice, more college, and more hard work. And networking. Don’t forget about networking.
To some, it might sound like a nice way to make a living. To others, it prob...
March 23, 2017
Hidden Treasures: The Alleys of the Middle East
If visiting the Middle East, you might want to visit a famous landmark or two -- the Pyramids of Giza and the Temple of Karnak perhaps, or the Western Wall and the Umayyad Mosque. But without a doubt, a trip to the Middle East would be incomplete without a stroll down an alley. The images that follow highlight the sorts of things you will find, with an emphasis on the people who live and work here.
A young woman at home in the City of the Dead (Cai...
Hidden Treasures: The People of Petra, Jordan
One of the most famous sites in the Middle East is Petra, a city that the Nabateans carved out of rose-red rock in southern Jordan about 2000 years ago. For centuries this trade crossroads flourished, then with the help of earthquakes and shifts in trade routes it faded into obscurity, staying there for more than 1500 years. In the late 1980s many Westerners caught their first glimpse of Petra on the big screen, when it featured in one of the final...
Wonders of the Middle East
Spanning many very different countries, the Middle East is teeming with architectural treasures and cultural delights to stimulate and amaze you when you visit. Also stunning are the landscapes and the beauty of the natural world, from deserts to dunes, seascapes to sunsets, and a shimmering splendor that soothes the soul.
The Middle East is, of course, the birthplace of the three monotheistic religions -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- and the...
March 22, 2017
ESL Tips: The importance of giving feedback
Traditionally, tests and examinations evaluate how students perform in terms of learning outcome. However in a learner-centred education system, it is more important to monitor students' learning processes and to give them direct feedback. Such feedback can help students learn more efficiently; and if used correctly, feedback can function as a very powerful tool to motivate students to learn. Consequently, monitoring students' learning processes dem...
