Posts

Showing posts from May, 2017

Devines do Vegas......

Image
    We are all familiar with the same old Las Vegas tropes of drinking, gambling, Sin City and the whole "yuk yuk yuk" line of, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Well, what if I told you that you could have a totally normal multi-day vacation in a city that has some pretty amazing and often over looked resorts, is full of amazing restaurants and fun bars, and is just pretty much a city all unto itself that in my opinion is trapped in a narrative that just do not do it justice. Most people I know go to Vegas for a quick weekend trip where drinking by a pool during a pool pary, gambling into the early morning hours, and kind of just indulge and be debaucherous is the deal because, being there for more than 48-72 hours in those circumstances is just kind of, well, unbearable. And it truly is under those circumstance, especially staying on the strip which has a tendency to suck the life out of you. I had to be there for work two times many years ago for longer ...

So, a Liberal and Conservative go to Denver Together.......

Image
     What do you do with a random flight credit? Further, what do you when your awesome Neighbor Lady, Lynn, but I like to call her "Neighbor Lady" got the same flight credit? Clearly you roll it into a quick girls weekend to Denver, because it is an awesome city, with tons of stuff to do. It was around 70 degrees the day we arrived and to my surprise   horror surprise, it was the same weekend as the volleyball qualifier I used to play in. Yay! Over-crowded restaurants filled with teenage girls 😎! However, it never posed a problem because, we never really ventured out of the Highland neighborhood where we had rented a sweet house. Now, why rent a house you ask? You are a travel agent, but, remember the volleyball players I was telling you about? Getting away on a cheap plane ticket, only to spend $300 a night on a hotel room is just not justifiable. Aside from being a topic for another day, there are many cities in this country who have horrible hotel rates and as...