Category: travel
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More restaurants to consider for your Asheville vacation
Let’s just jump right in and extend your list of restaurants to consider for the next time you might be Asheville, North Carolina. Early Girl Eatery– This spot offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We went for a Sunday brunch. I ordered the biscuit French toast. I was told that is the item they are most…
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OWL Bakery in Asheville- A petite review
If you are planning a stop in Asheville North Carolina, you likely got a host of recommendations for breweries. Presumably you don’t need another one to add to your itinerary. How about you give a bakery a try: OWL Bakery. We stopped by their West Asheville location early Saturday morning. We were lucky to do…
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Hear me out. You need to add The South Slope Cheese Co. to your Asheville itinerary
The South Slope Cheese Co. in Asheville, North Carolina is now probably on the list of my wallet’s most horrifying nightmares. I cannot be trusted in any grocery store, let alone a specialty one. But pardon me, it is not a cheese shop; it is a fromagerie. They sell a selection of not just award-winning…
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A city walk
During my visit to Monterrey in Mexico, I had the desire to see a church. Problem was that no one else wanted to. They were either going on planned excursions or sleeping in. I could just do that. I could be a tagalong or head back to my room to continue watching MTV in Spanish.…
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If I can make one recommendation for where you should eat in Monterrey: Metapatio
Imagine you’ve got me at the end of the game show with a million dollars on the line with the question of where should someone go to eat in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. My answer for that is Metapatio. And that would definitely be the right answer to win me the game. Maybe that is…
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Getting there: The Fiesta Americana Pabellón
If you choose to travel to Monterrey, Mexico and stay at the Fiesta Americana Pabellón and are an anxious traveler like me, here some extra travel details to help you out. This is what you need to know about how to actually get there. The best airport to fly into will be the Monterrey International…
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What it’s like to stay at the Fiesta Americana Pabellón
I walked up to the counter at the Fiesta Americana Monterrey Pabellón M tentatively. This stay in Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico was my first time traveling to the country. And none of my Duolingo lessons prepared me to have a conversation with the check-in desk. With a combination of social awkwardness and lack of Spanish…
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How is the food at the Lotte New York Palace hotel?
While I stayed at the Lotte New York Palace in New York, I took full advantage of the daily breakfast credit I received thanks to the American Express Hotel Collection. I considered having breakfast one day at the restaurant, but I didn’t want to go through the hassle of making a reservation, as that was…
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A stay at Lotte New York Palace
Upon looking at the map of the particular area in Manhattan, 5th avenue and Madison, I got curious about the Lotte New York Palace. The hotel was right across the street from St Patrick’s Cathedral and close to the famed Saks 5th Avenue. Curiosity got the best of me, and I made sure to book…
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Catch me in the Maldives (or how to make a dream vacation a reality)
I don’t have a good reason for this, but I am trying to get to the Maldives. I am not sure when this dream formed or truly the geography of the place, but I know that I want to linger in one of those huts on the water, only worrying about if I want to…
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