RIP Big Tex. One of my travel bucket list items was to go to the Texas State Fair and see Big Tex. Big Tex wore size 70 boots, a 75 gallon hat, a size 100 180/181 shirt and 284W/185L XXXXXL pair of Dickies jeans, and even had his own Wikipedia …
Read More »What is Spa Week?
Who doesn’t love a spa day? I certainly do. When I first heard about Spa Week, I was intrigued. A spa week had to be better than a spa day, right? (And who wouldn’t love a spa month?!) But alas, it is not the opportunity to spa for a whole …
Read More »La Mariana: A Great Escape from HNL Airport
I was set on going to La Mariana Tiki Bar Honolulu from the moment we booked our tickets for a mileage run to Honolulu (HNL). I didn’t find it on any travel guide, or even Yelp. I came across it by Google-Mapping the HNL airport to uh, pretend “fly” into …
Read More »Restaurant Review: The Mission in Scottsdale, AZ
In a previous post, I mentioned that I’ve kept a list of restaurants I wanted to try in US Airways hubs in case a flight ever got cancelled. Â Then my problems could be opportunities, and I’d have a delicious time waiting out my flight change. One of US Airway’s hub …
Read More »A New Guest Blogger on Heels First!
I know it is sometimes hard to keep track of Keri and myself. I’ve had friends text me questions about Keri’s posts and I can only assume vice-versa! So we’ve decided to throw an extra person in the mix. From time to time, we’ll have a guest blogger, Tiff. Tiff …
Read More »An Adorable Set of Trip Reports
For those who love trip reports, I just wanted to point out the adorable set of trip reports coming out of Million Mile Secret’s Honeymoon in Paris. This link will take you to the first post in a series and will link you through all the posts. The trip reports …
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