Travel Turtle

I’ve been obsessing about places and things a lot lately.
Incorporating the things I look up, which makes me click to read more, and click to read more, and click…
into ways to remember some of the interesting facts about specific places I want to go sometime.
I’ve been having fun making these little things and when I [...]

I love this.
Twelve soft animals of the world. Each with a design representative of the country it’s from.
Here’s a sample of the elephant:

My suggestion? Go to Louise Elliott Design, buy one of each. Make it. Take some time to learn about the culture associated with each one. Book a trip and take a picture of [...]

I have friends from countries that do not require people to tip. And since they don’t tip back home, they don’t tip when they eat out in the U.S.
I have friends who used to be servers and tip outrageous amounts. And when they travel to other countries, they tip just as they would here (in [...]

Korea has been popping up a lot in my life lately. Orlando has a ton of Korean restaurants and since my parents were visiting over the weekend (and we used to live in Korea) we went to an amazingly delicious Korean restaurant.
(Ephemera tip #1: If you want cheap access to foreign language print… go to [...]

I am constantly searching for wardrobe staples.
It’s easy for me because I’m pretty basic in the wardrobe department. Or maybe the right word is classic.
So here are my wardrobe staples:

A black shirt
White button shirt
White tee
dark jeans, wide leg
light denim jeans
wide leg khakis
wide leg black pants
a black a-line skirt
a white a-line skirt
a red a-line skirt
flip-flops
black ballet-style [...]

The last time, and first time, and until today only time I took a pilates class at my local gym my left leg refused to cooperate. About 30 minutes into the hour long class, I could not lift my leg any more. Even if someone would have said “I will give you $1 million if [...]

Seems today is the day for celebration around the world. In China, we have the Chinese New Year… the year of the OX!! For anyone venturing over to China in 2009, there will definitely be many ox-themed items for you to purchase! I was in china the year of the pig, and saw many cute [...]

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They say I’m Swiss Family Robinson. Stuff from everywhere, family friendly and definitely me.
I think I agree. For the most part, my home is comfortable. It’s not as family friendly as I would like it, but I’m constantly decluttering and working on it. What’s your design [...]

There are two projects I’ve been working on that I’ve had a lot of fun with. My third anniversary is coming up. We decided early in our marriage that we were going to challenge ourselves by purchasing something under the traditional anniversary gift lists that are very popular in the back of the free hallmark [...]

February’s a little bit away, but I thought I’d write a bit about it anyway.
{Photo Credit terren in Virginia}
1. I’m going to Chicago for the first time - YAY!
2. I’m going to take some free Business planning courses.
3. I may sign up for a Creative Writing course. If I do, it will have started before [...]