Jessie Voigts's Blog, page 216
July 19, 2016
TalkTalkBnb: A New Way to Interact and Connect with an International Community
Hubert Laurent, a French entrepreneur passionate about education and language, is the CEO & Founder of TalkTalkBnb, a new social travel platform that provides consumers with an avenue to interact and connect with an international community.
Shortly after graduating in 1990 from CNAM TOURS, Hubert embarked on a lifetime opportunity to travel the world. From the US to Japan, from London to Moscow, Hubert worked odd jobs for several years, but he...
July 18, 2016
Place, Story, and Music: Seven Albums to Explore
Well traveled roads, new horizons, unexpected bridges connecting across cultures and places: connection, whether new or old, to place, person, or idea is a thread that runs through the work of musicians on seven very different albums.
One draws on blues and country from the American heartland, another connects Americana, bluegrass, and newgrass songs new and old, and another sees things thorough the lens of cowboy culture. There's music from a group...
5 of the World‘s Most Kid-Friendly Hotels
While preparing for a trip abroad with children, you must be not only very responsible choosing the direction of travel, but also the place where you are going to stay too. If the primary goal is to change the family environment, rest from the routine and you are planning to spend most of the time at the hotel, the choice where to stay becomes even more necessary. So, for your attention, today hotel booking specialists from Travel Tickerand we prese...
July 17, 2016
Traveling with Artistic Kids to Newfoundland? Read this...
Have kids who love art? We do, and we're always scoping out art experiences for her when we travel - from art museums to galleries to classes. We can't get enough - and often schedule our travel plans around art events and classes.
When we were in St. John's, Newfoundland last summer, I was extremely impressed when I visited the Anna Templeton Centre for Craft, Art, and Design. We've got more goodness coming up about the Templeton Centre, but I'd l...
I scream for Ice Cream: 6 Scrumptious and Easy Milkshake Recipes
If you love ice cream (as I do), then you probably are always making up toppings and recipes in your head (as I do). Last weekend, Lillie and I had a huge container of ice cream to devour, courtesy of my mom and dad (thank you!). So, we decided to have a milkshake party. We came up with 6 scrumptious and easy milkshake recipes - some with a global flair, some with a Michigan bent (Sanders and Vernors are from Michigan!). We had another milkshake party th...
Living Large in Our Little House
Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell and her husband Dale were thrilled when her aunt offered them a piece of land in the Ozarks. They thought they'd build a small cabin to enjoy at weekends and go on to build a larger house. As circumstances and choices happened, that small house, all 480 square feet of it, became their full time home.
As Fivecoat-Campbell points out in the opening chapters of her book Living Large in Our Little House: Thriving in 480 Square Feet...
July 16, 2016
The BlackRock Medieval Fest, A-Z
Today we visited the BlackRock Medieval Fest, held in Augusta, Michigan. Near Kalamazoo, this renaissance festival is lively, fun, and quite entertaining. We'll write more about it, but today, when we're full of medieval joie d'vivre, we'll share the BlackRock Medieval Fest A-Z. Take a look...
B:Bird + Best cosplay I've seen!
C:Crowns, flower, $2
D:Dragon Jerky - eat it before it eats you!
E:Elf ears (with bird)
F:Fairy
G:Green...
July 14, 2016
Everything You Need to Know about the Newfoundland Folk Festival
Just up the block from Moo Moo's Ice Cream in downtown St. John's, Newfoundlandis Bannerman Park (trust me to base directions on ice cream). A wide, expansive park, with a playground, lush grassy areas, and plenty of trees, a visit earlier in the week showed me just that - a park. But once a year in early August, this park transforms into a world-class music venue, as it hosts the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival.
I didn't know what to expe...
Happy Bastille Day: 10 Best Books on Paris
In honor of Bastille Day, I'd like to share our favorite authors (and their books) about Paris. We've interviewed the authors - so be sure to click through and read - and explore Paris, through so many eyes.
Photo wikimedia commons: Gloumouth1, adapted by Wandering Eductors
Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite!
Hungry for Paris, by Alexander Lobrano
Paris. Yes. You say the word and immediately think of great food! But as everyone...
July 13, 2016
On a Quest to Photograph all of Maine's 68 Lighthouses
Maine’s lighthouses, which once served as saviors along the seacoast, are in no way a forgotten feature. All but three are still standing, and only nine are no longer functioning. Of the ones that are still operating, most are maintained as heritage sites, and others are owned and maintained privately. Some are only accessible by water. Lighthouses are one of Maine’s most striking, iconic features symbolizing the state’s maritime heritage.
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