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Weekend Photo – Roatan, Honduras

Shanna — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:12:41 +0000

one of my favorite photos from my one rainy day in Roatan, Honduras.

are you following me at sea?

Shanna — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:10:23 +0000

First full day of the Princess Cruise “Twitter Press Trip” is over.

I will admit I’m surprised and delighted I haven’t puked my guts out yet. We are following behind Hurricane / Tropical Storm Ida so the sea is a bit rough. If you haven’t cruised before but taken overnight train trips – it sorta feel similar (sorta). We docked in the Bahamas and it was a beach. I wasn’t overly impressed but the water was nice, the drinks were flowing and the sun was shining.

My favorite part of today was my hot stone massage. wow. I had no idea how amazing that was going to be! Not surprisingly my masseuses said I was the tensest / tightest person she has massaged…yah. I decided to sign up later in the week for a seaweed wrap….figure why the heck not?

Tomorrow a full day on a hopefully calmer sea!

I got a smile on my face

Shanna — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:06:17 +0000

I was on my way home yesterday and I was so happy and giddy about all the Galavanting projects I’m involved in that I had to force myself to remain stotic –as normally outbursts of giggling and happiness are not normal on any bus, but especially on the express bus. But it got me thinkin’ about everyone else riding along LSD with me, I wondered what they were happy about, what smirks and smiles they were keeping in so as not to look too oddball on the bus.

is it June 26th yet?

Shanna — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:41:56 +0000

TBEX ‘10 – NYC style
to say I’m excited is an understatement.

adding another heaping pile on my plate

Shanna — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:37:54 +0000

I love, love, love working with Galavanting — I’m excited to see that over the past year my responsibilities and involvement have increased. The more I get involved with writing and editing, the more I realize my need to improve, take-it-up-a-notch (or a few). I’m confident in my understanding of the language but my typing is lazy.

If you know me even a little, you know that I also xoxo Chicago and I’m thrilled to bits to start writing regularly for Gapers Block. I officially got the welcome email today, which means the pressure is on to start really performing in my writing. Kinda scary. I’m not even sure if I have a defined voice yet as writer —should I be admitting this? maybe not, but if I’m anything I’m honest.

I already have a listing of posts I want to write…now if only I can figure out Moveable Type.

going to the Chapel…

Shanna — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:57:35 +0000

Ok I’m not. But I feel like I know a lot of people who are. And I’m even writing about them -check out this & this on GoGalavanting.com.

I know mini post but read the articles instead!

Blogher and TBEX dinner

Shanna — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:30:01 +0000

Tonight was my first experience with meeting fellow tweeters. Many, if not all, of the ladies at dinner tonight I felt like I’ve known for ages since I follow them but to guess who was who based on who an avatar …well that’s a whole ‘nother story. Some big personalities on twitter don’t necessarily match up with their in person persona (and vice versa) but all in all a stellar gathering at Heaven on Seven. Most of the women at dinner had children and blogged about travel with children – something I know very little about, but it was fantastic to chat with some of the ladies about how they work blogging, tweeting, updating, and travel into their busy lives. I’m pretty pumped to see what more amazing tidbits I can take away from TBEX.

TBEX is almost here!

Shanna — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:49:56 +0000

I know my blog is still pretty mini but I’m excited to learn from all the fantastic bloggers that will be attending the Travel Blog Exchange coming up on July 26th! I’ve been helping

Kim & Debbie out by collecting all the great goodies for the swag bags! My apartment seems to be growing smaller by the day but I know it’s worth it. The swag bags will be filled from something from Starbuck’s coffee to Rosetta Stone…and everything in between. I think this is the first time I’ll be disappointed if I’m not able to snag a bag for myself (for other conferences I’ve attended or worked at generally the most thrilling item inside is a pen or lip balm…so far neither items have shown up at my door but you never know…I’m expecting 34 more boxes (yup, that’s considered a pallet) tomorrow!