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“Unimaginable Disaster”

Two weeks ago, I was looking over one of the most beautiful cities I’d ever seen. Monterosso, Italy. One of the five towns that make up Cinque Terre. Two days ago, Lucas blogged about our amazing experience — eating at Vernazza and climbing hundreds of steps. 24 hours ago, I found out that Cinque Terre is all but gone. Literally wiped away by flash floods and mudslides. Witnesses called it an unimaginable disaster, and said Monterosso is all but destroyed. It’s {Read More}

A Global Perspective

While I was away on my European adventure, I did not check my email. I did not make any phone calls. I did not tweet, post a Facebook status update or even log onto a computer (except for a few brief moments to book and confirm some last-minute transportation). I soaked up the culture, navigated through face-to-face contact and loved every moment of un-handcuffing myself from technology. Except for one thing. TV news. We stayed in a series of teeny {Read More}

My European Adventure

Cinque Terre Collage

What a few weeks I’ve had — including some of the best food I’ve ever eaten, blisters that put my half marathon training to shame, a few travel nightmares, creative use of hand gestures to make up for a lack of language and memories that I will hold very, very dear for the rest of my life. I’m not the biggest fan of writing hugely detailed travel posts, because a) I don’t like reading them from others b) they take {Read More}

Go On, Irene…

image source: College Humor

I have a love-hate relationship with hurricanes. When I first moved to Florida in 2004, the storm season pretty much made my career in TV news. I was only in town for a few weeks when Charley, Frances and Jeanne nailed us, and I found myself thrown into the control room for 12-hour shifts. Fun times. But because I do my best work on deadline and in crisis control, I was able to very quickly make a name for myself {Read More}

Got My Fill of Philadelphia

A four hour flight delay will give you a lot of time for thinking. And drinking, but that’s neither here nor there. There are some amazing recaps of the 2011 Healthy Living Summit out there, and this won’t be another one. I committed to immersing myself in the networking, the seminars and the overall experience, and I’m so glad I did. But I will give you one takeaway. If you can find people in your blogging community — whether you’re {Read More}