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  • Creative Wanderlust Story: Poolside Gossip – Flash Fiction Inspired by Slim Aarons’s Iconic 1970s Photograph

    I wore yellow because Jane hates the color. That’s just the kind of mood I’m in today. Shitty. Carl has once again left me here in Palm Springs to “cool my jets” as he hops off to Positano or Portofino or somewhere panoramic pawning his next screenplay. Another story of a horny middle aged man’s disenchantment with married life leading him to find solace in the arms of a hooker. And, yes, Dawn is en route with him. She’s no doubt packed her satin disco dress and hot pants, clueless to fashion rules in coast side Italy. She’ll be doing her own type of pawning, or pawing playing the leading lady role…

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    January 31, 2022
    The Textures of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico by Wanderlust Designer

    Textures+Place: Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

    April 17, 2013
  • Don’t Believe All That You Read

    Below is a fictional travel story I wrote from the prompt: They say _______ but my experience tells me… They told me to be careful, watch your guard, be alert, aware of your surroundings, and your exit strategy. It’s not a safe city. People are rude, brusk and unfriendly. Stepping off the plane I was prepared. My backpack was zipped and secured to my front. My money and valuables safely split up and tucked away in obscure places on my body. I briskly walk to the subway with my bags, head down so as to not make direct eye contact with anyone for fear of inviting submission or being confrontational.…

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    January 25, 2022

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    January 9, 2022
  • Travel Journal: Wandering through Le Marché aux Puces de Saint Ouen Paris, France

    There is something so romantic about going to the flea market in Paris– oh the treasures you might find! Here is a travel story about visiting the famed markets in Paris, France.

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    On Location: Road Trip – Cruising 395 and the Eastern Sierras

    February 24, 2015

    Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Las Vegas

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    June 11, 2013
  • Travel Journal: My Favorite Corner in New York City

    New York City is like a second home to me. Although I only lived there a short time in my life, the experience was like no other. Here’s a travel journal of my favorite corner in New York City.

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    Art School: How to Draw a Lantern

    February 10, 2019

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    February 8, 2022
    Art Tutorial: How to Draw a Prickly Pear Cactus by Betsy Beier

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    January 29, 2019
  • Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris at Sunset by Wanderlust Designer

    Travel Story: The Bells of Notre Dame

    Paris is such a magical city. The monuments are icons known world wide; the Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur, L’Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame. Regardless of where I am, I can close my eyes and picture these sites. So when I opened the door to our rented apartment in Paris, how enchanted I was to look out the kitchen window and see the Notre Dame. It was something straight out of an opera set of Verdi’s La Bohème. Roof tops galore, rows of chimneys, windows into other people’s worlds, and the Notre Dame. But that’s not all. Later that afternoon as we relaxed in our new surrounding the real magic began.…

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    March 17, 2022

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    March 15, 2022

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    January 17, 2022
  • The Art of Packing: A Travel Story by Wanderlust Designer

    Travel Story: The Art of Packing

    I have never been a light packer. Although I’m not that crazy lady with 3 bags and a suitcase for cosmetics, I do tend to pack my fair share of clothes for a trip. On past vacations to Hawaii I’ve easily filled a large 29″ suitcase. You know, the kind with the extra zippers to expand. Yes, that’s pretty big for a trip that only needs a bathing suit, shorts, some shirts and flip flops, but somehow I managed to fill it up. I have never really had to lug it far either, mostly just through the airport, to a rental car, and then plop it in the hotel. I…

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