September 2011
12 posts
raise $1,000 for a chance to win a volunteer trip...
9.23.11 | Every so often I write one of these every-so-often posts about an off-the-charts amazing sweeps or contest. This one, from the nonprofit Water for People, is one such post about one such contest. In a sense, it’s not really a contest but a challenge; instead of entering by way of giving away free content, be it a short essay, a photograph or a video, or participating in a silly...
five nights in belize (wow!) →
9.21.11 | I love to snorkel. We did it in Costa Rica, in murky waters off Manuel Antonia. We did it in the Keys, along a reef, and also on Dry Tortugas. After the trip to the Keys, I added “snorkeling vacation” to my mental bucket list. It sits there to this day. So I entered this sweeps, for five nights at the Thatch Caye Resort in Belize, with pent-up passion. Snorkeling and...
so, an update
9.13.11 | I’m not entering as many travel sweeps as I used to. At the risk of sounding like a party pooper, or even an ingrate, I’m kind of finding that all these social sites have taken the fun out of entering travel sweeps because they are just everywhere. At first I couldn’t put my finger on why the thrill was gone, I wondered if it was because I’d been doing it for...
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE →
9.5.11 | It was great fun when The Boy was young to travel with him in mind. We did two farmstays and went whalewatching off Gloucester. Went to Mexico, Costa Rica, Italy, Florida, Chicago, too. One trip of many I never got around to doing was staying in a lighthouse. It’s never too late. This is a sweeps for such a stay. [UPDATE: I’ve nixed the link, it was only for entrants in the...
August 2011
11 posts
IRENE'S PACKING A MEAN PUNCH →
8.26.11 | This weekend will turn on Irene. I have memories of Isabel, in September 2002, which knocked out electricity for days. Felled trees blocked streets, schools were closed, grocery shelves were empty. The Boy has a soccer tournament this weekend. Something tells me that’s not going to happen. I just stocked up on food. The store was surprisingly not crowded.
What a week it’s...
WatchThis is stunning footage of Cameroon. One of The Boy’s soccer coaches is from Cameroon. I so want to go.
A CONTEST, YES, A CONTEST, FROM ROSETTA STONE... →
Yes, contest. As longtime readers know, I usually do not sing the praises of contests, I almost always, pretty much as a rule, enter sweepstakes, which require nothing beyond your entry, no purchase, no subscription, no submission, no intellectual-property giveaway, which, let’s face it, is what you’re doing when you send a photo, a video clip, an essay in exchange for the chance of...
THREE SWEEPS TO THE CARIBBEAN {SIGH!} →
Turks and Caicos, Aruba, Punta Cana, oh my! Now where did I put my snorkel mask?
“All that we are is a result of what we have thought.”
– My favorite fortune cookie.
FOUR NIGHTS IN ROME {ANDIAMO!} →
CERAMICS IN MUEL [website] →
July 2011
4 posts
ONE WEEK AT THE GOLDEN DOOR {SIGH!}
SWEEPS | I could so use this, a week at a sophisticated spa, one of the finest, the Golden Door, the original in Escondido, which as a name is super-splendido. This has been a bear of a year, too many stress points. I’m piggybank broke, it’s knife hot. You get the idea. Yes, this sweeps sends me. If I win, it will really send me. If you enter, it might send you, too! To enter, click...
