Cross Country Lite

From Santa Barbara, CA to Indianapolis, IN in 5 days. With stops in Charleston, SC, Charlotte, NC, Galax, VA, and Cincinnati, OH. And I didn't even have to drive!

No time to write on the road (too many things to do with lots of wonderful people), pictures will suffice for now.
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Happy Valentine's Day!!

Brunch with my Valentine's. Lovely.
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Travel Obsession #6

Nintedno DSi: I realize that I am 23 years old, but even grown ups have to have fun. Although this device is marketed more towards kiddos, I use it when I don’t want to be on my computer anymore, ie. I’m done messing around on facebook and reading blogs, I just want to relax and rest my brain. My favorite games: Sims Castaway Island 2 and Brain Craze, choc full of Sudoku, vocabulary words and other brain teasers for the over 18 range… My DS also has the capability to go online so that I can download other games from Nintendo.com!

Good visit? I think yes.

This group I'm currently working with from The Organization clearly knows how to take care of a consultant. I have enough food here for an entire month on the road! How lucky am I?
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Next stop: Southeast?

I asked for your help, and here's what you said:

*Southeast- The winner and with 37% of you picking this location. You must all be from the Southeast... I do think that I left a piece of my heart in North Carolina though. Strongly considering the move east again.
*Northeast- The Northeast was the second place winner with 22% of votes. Very surprising. Too cold up there guys!
*NorCal- 17% of the votes, making San Francisco the third most preferred location. I thought Norcal would be in the top 3 for sure.
*SoCal- 14% of the votes-I love you SoCal, but I have to see what else is out there.
*Northwest- 3 votes. How sad. I thought the Northwest would win for sure.

Well folks, I am taking all of this into consideration as I plan for the next half of my year. Until then, you're just gonna have to follow where my patent pumps take me next- I just updated my schedule!

Travel Obsession #5

The Classic Pashmina: Traveling to a cold climate and need a scarf? Going out on a hot date and need a colorful accessory? Flying for 5 hours and need a comfy pillow or blanket to make the flight enjoyable? I love traveling with pashminas, in a variety of colors. Their multi-functional use makes them a must have for all female travelers out there, although I guess guys, you could use them too. I have lots of pahsminas, but my favorites are black, purple and coral.

Frequent Flyer Points

WOW! It seems as if the Southeast is winning on the re-location map! Somewhat surprised... sort of thought NorCal would win. Hmmm... still a couple more days to vote- be heard!!

I'm planning future travel and just looked at my frequent flyer points. In the last week they increased about 10,000 miles! All thanks to the Beehive trip of course... I'm probably going to use them in a trip to visit them later in the year though. Get excited Five.

Tomorrow, I will earn almost 1000 points (on United of course- my preference for airlines after Southwest) flying from Indianapolis to Oakland. What a deal. And then a week later, 500 more for flying from Sacramento to Santa Barbara via Los Angeles. And then after that, I will travel east again for a little Valetines day visit with the Charleston crowd... they must be the ones voting "Southeast." That will be another 1000 miles there and back. That's almost 15,000 points earned since the New Year. Awesome.

For those of you who have seen George Clooney's latest film, "Up in the Air," I thankfully don't "have a number I'm going for," but I do want to reiterate his statement on flying that really, it is all about the points. Oh, and free drink coupons. Thanks Southwest.